""Bill"" wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Just learning basics of fiber communication. I am not sure about which fiber > cable I saw but it was orange and basically connected two 3550's together. > > The fiber had two connectors on each side. One was blue and the other was > red. > > How is it normally connected? I guess the switch ports are receive and > transmit. So, does that mean if you connect red on the left port on one > switch, you would connect the red on the other side of the cable to the > right port of the switch?
yeah - in effect you have to "cross over" i.e the TX on device 1 connects to the RX on device 2 and visa versa. this can be done at the patch panel or at the gbic. > > Thx > bill Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=72549&t=72544 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
