I'll admit that I don't know if it would have worked then. And it has only been recently that I have got two computers which both have gigabit ports. I don't re

I'll admit that I don't know if it would have worked then. And it has only been recently that I have got two computers which both have gigabit ports. I don't remember ever using a crossover cable as I always had a switch. I do remember having to manually assign IP addresses in that configuration as it didn't have a DHCP server to assign them.