should i care about cross and straight rj45 cable with my swtic

[BardiaMGTGC]

i bought a dlink des 1008a 8port switch(i was the cheapest thing i found for my work)

now i want to connect two pcs and a laptop using this switch

should i care about the cable being staright or cross 

 

[Lurick]

No, it's auto-mdix capable so no need to worry.

[AnonymousGuy]

Crossover hasn't been needed in like 10+ years.

[sphbecker]

I know the question has already been answered, but fun fact, all gigabit network interfaces support Auto-MDIX (unless specifically disabled via software). The switching technology to make that feature work is required for a 1000BASE-T, so they all can. Some high-end 100 mbs interfaces (which hasn't been a thing in decades) had the feature, but considering 100BASE-T used discrete send and receive paths, adding Auto-MDIX required functionality not otherwise needed, so it was typically not included.