-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ok, so then the cable from the server to the hub and from the hub to the client must be of the same type. Straight. But then howcome when i plug the cables i have (all it says on them is cat-5 Enhanced UTP) from the hub to the clients they work, but from the server to the client they don't. but from the router to the hub they DO work. am i making sence? i'll ascii it (atempt to)
scenario 1 (works): router | hub | | | server computer 2 computer 3 | client scenario 2 (doesn't work): router | server | hub | | | client computer 2 computer 3 as far as i know all the cables are of the same kind. Jule On Thursday 19 June 2003 22:13, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 09:49:21PM -0400, Jule Slootbeek wrote: > > So just to make it clear to me, the cable from my server NIC to my hub > > (which btw has no uplink, it's a simple one i picked up from work, one > > plug "To Datalink" 4 plugs "To System 1 - 4") needs to be a straight > > cable, and the cables from the hub to the clients need to be crossover > > cables? > > no, connecting computers or routers to hubs are done with straight cables. > > connecting hubs to other hubs is done with eighter a crossover cable and a > normal port or a crossover/uplink port and a normal cable. > > connecing two computers directly only works with crossover cable. > > as a speciality you can connect a computer to a uplink port of a hub with a > crossover cable. Also some dsl-routers do have crossover ports (so you do > not need a crossover cable to connect them to your computer), but most > dont. > > Greeting > Bernd - -- Jule Slootbeek [EMAIL PROTECTED] 617 901 6958 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+8nLBQkskRvXpytsRAq3RAKCeIAVP+qNUE2K+u0E85LDGKtzODwCfQ9E4 IKA/JP2HJJJpAsVh+jy2Wic= =gdHP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
