Well, 2 ethernet crossover cables hooked together by one of thoselittle connectors your buy at the computer store will not work.It seems to turn the 2 crossover cables into a standard ethernet cable. So that problem is solved,my only issue left is when I try to connect my computer with the hd24 I get a message 530 not logged on. I know I set a username and password but I cant get back to it.Help.Jim