linksys wireless router into gigabyte switch

[pinslammer]

I just purchased a gigabyte switch and wanted to know if all I had to do was plug a cat 6 cable in from my router into the switch or if I had to get a crossover cable? Thanks in advance.

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

Just uplink it to your switch. Gigabit is auto MDI/MDI-X...as are even most 10/100 switches for the past few years...so crossover cables have pretty much become extinct like the floppy drive.

 

[ambientZ]

You don't need to use cat6, you can use cat 5e (and probably 5) if thats what you have available.
And every switch i've seen in a long while automatically does the crossover internally if its needed.