ProSafe GS116 Switch Only Connects to Netgear XR1000 Router with Crossover Cable

> [...] So, it seems like the XR1000 does not support MDI/MDI-X? [...]

   I don't have the hardware, so I can't confirm or refute, but someone
else recently climbed onto an unrelated thread with a similar complaint
about a different device:

      https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/x/m-p/2094106

So far, no one has believed it, but I'm beginning to wonder.

> [...] Shouldn't the GS116 also have MDI/MDI-X and work without a
> crossover even if the XR1000 doesn't have MDI/MDI-X?

   In principle, everyone should negotiate an optimal connection, no
matter what.  I have not seen a case where a cross-over cable was needed
(or prohibited) in the past twenty years.  And I have some pretty
antique junk here.