On Tue, December 12, 2006 10:27 am, Carl Lowenstein wrote:
> On 12/12/06, Lan Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> Is this why I've never been successful in daisy chaining a switch off of
>> my D-Link router to expand the number of ports? Because there is a
>> setting
>> inside the router?
>
> Presumably the router has a WAN port which is connected to whatever
> you use for Internet service.
>
>> Small, simple words in the answers, please. It's me.
>
> Zero-order simple question. Do you need a crossover cable to connect
> from a port on the router to the input port of the switch?
I should use a crossover for this? Normal output port on D-Link to special
input port on switch needs a crossover? Then could I use a straight from
normal to normal?
> Some
> switches auto-sense, some have a push-button switch to do the
> crossover.
... and all of mine have an input port with a neat little stenciled box
around it.
>>
>
> Something that has to be done in the setup of the router/firewall is
> to decide which of the computers attached to it receives unsolicited
> input from the outside world. I don't know if this might be part of
> your problem.
>
coax cat5 cat5s
Internet <---> cable_modem <---> d-link (spec port in) <--|--> reg ports out
<--|-->
Can't poke around for set up until I get home. I don't like to have router
admin open to the outside.
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