I was pretty sure it was the actual wall plug causing the problem. I found that out by taking the switch and using a known working cable and plugging it into the jack and then into the switch, and then another cable from the switch to my tablet pc. That didn't work. Just to check, I took that same setup, but instead of plugging into the wall plug, I went straight into the router. That worked. So, I assumed, since the wires going into the end that plugs into the router are correct, the problem would be in the router. SO, I eliminated the wall plug. I took the wire out of the plug, and took some more ethernet cable and extended it, put an end on it, and plugged THAT into the switch. Switch>computer. Thats when it could recieve a few packets, and pinged the router to get 1 reply. Also tried switch>tablet pc but it couldn't recieve any packets.