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strait or cross
Name: santos Date: October 5, 2002 at 18:04:08 Pacific OS: bsd CPU/Ram: 2.02/414
Comment:
when should use a cross over cable, when connecting two hubs/switches from uplink port to uplink port or should i use strait trou cable for that connection?
Name: dude Date: October 5, 2002 at 18:49:55 Pacific
Reply:
When you connect from uplink to uplink, use a straight cable. When you connect from uplink to any other port on the second hub, use a crossover cable.
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Response Number 2
Name: shoman Date: October 5, 2002 at 20:51:48 Pacific
Reply:
aggreed with dude! ;)
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Response Number 3
Name: ribbit Date: October 8, 2002 at 15:01:39 Pacific
Reply:
Actually, your uplink port is a x-over port so your staight-through cable would go from a uplink port to just a normal port on the second hub/switch. On some hub/switches the uplink port can be either a x-over port or a normal port(sometimes a small button, sometimes a switch). Never tried a x-over cable from a uplink port to an uplink port though.
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