hi well im here to ask a squirly question ok here goes
i have a home network setup with three comps a netgear GS608 8port gig switch and a huawei mt882 modem router now
comp 1 is about 2ft from the switch so use's a 1.5mtr cat6 cable to marvel yukon 88e8051 pci-e giga nic
comp 2 is on a 5mtr cat5 cable (as its only 10/100) crappy realtec rtl80xx 10/100
comp 3 is on a 10mtr cat6 cable to a dlink DGE500t gig nic or the onboard realtec 10/100

now if i use this exact same setup but instead of the netgear gs608 i use a edimax 10/100 8 port switch we can all connect go back to the netgear and only comp 1 an 2 can connect and comp 3 will not

now its not just this setup i also have a netcom NB5plus4 that does the same thing as with the netgear is there a special cat6 cable that i need to use or is there something else i need to be doing

thanks in advance if you can help