So I'm thinking I'll buy an older 10Mbps hub/switch on eBay for connecting the IIcx to the rest of the network, and perhaps some other 68k machines that run at 10Mbps. I'm only looking for something with 5 to 10 ports on it, nothing huge. Are there any particular makes and models that I should look out for, which are known to work well with 68ks, or will any old 10Mbps switch work?

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Probably any of them will work fine. I am partial to the Asante Friendly Net 8 port 10bT hub. It has a nice convenient rectangular shape and mine has been trouble-free loe these many years.

My network has kind of grown like a not very well tended plant. First there was LocalTalk. Then I added the 8 port 10baseT hub, which, of course, meant that I needed a LocalTalk to Ethernet bridge (MicroAsantePrint) which was good for many years. But then I added DSL, so I added a DSL modem connected to a Router with a built-in 4-port 10/100 switch, which connects one of its ports to the 10bT hub.

Then as my faster components increased I added an 8 port 10/100 switch. Then I added an 8 port 10/100/1000 switch. And it all connects. So if you really want to, and if they share a protocol, that gigabit ethernet equipped machine can talk to the lowly LocalTalk machine, or at least to the 10baseT machines. Certainly, printing to the LocalTalk printers works fine.