The uplink port is meant for linking hubs together. If you must use it for an actual computer connection, you need either a button on the hub that will turn the uplink port into a normal port or, barring that, a crossover cable.
On Fri, 6 Sep 2002, daniel wrote: > i'm trying to set up my little home network here and i can't even get out of > the gate... here's a quick diagram of my setup: > > cableModem > | > | > gatewayBox > | > | > linksysHub > | > | > +------+ > | | > | | > | webServer > | > | > windowsMachine > > > now i'm not even concerned with actual software yet... at the moment, i > can't even get the lights on my hub to light up for the connection from my > gateway to the hub. where are the cables supposed to plug into the hub? > right now i have the cable from the gateway going into the "uplink" plug... > do i need a crossover cable for this? > > the software on the box *seems* to be working fine, from the gateway i can > ping www.yahoo.com, and i can ping both internal and external interfaces, > but i can't see ANY of the internal network. googling has not helped. you > people are my best hope :) > > thanks a lot. > > > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
