Re: [OT] HUB question

2001-07-22 Thread Andrew Perrin
Actually the "uplink" port on most hubs is simply a crossed-over regular port, so assuming your distances and hops are within the spec, you can use a crossover cable between two of the same kind of ports (uplink or regular) or a non-crossover between the two (one side uplink , the other side regula

Re: [OT] HUB question

2001-07-22 Thread D-Man
On Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 05:42:32PM -0400, Sunny Dubey wrote: | hey, | | I have two hubs, and I'd like to be able to connect them to each other. Both | have a port called "uplink port", do I need to use a cross over cable to | connect both hubs using their uplink ports, or should I use a normal

re: [OT] HUB question

2001-07-22 Thread Sami Louko
>hey, > >I have two hubs, and I'd like to be able to connect them to each other. Both >have a port called "uplink port", do I need to use a cross over cable to >connect both hubs using their uplink ports, or should I use a normal cable to >connect the both of them? No you don't. Connecting two sim

Re: [OT] HUB question

2001-07-22 Thread Robert Waldner
On Sun, 22 Jul 2001 17:42:32 EDT, Sunny Dubey writes: >I have two hubs, and I'd like to be able to connect them to each other. Both >have a port called "uplink port", do I need to use a cross over cable to >connect both hubs using their uplink ports, or should I use a normal cable to >connect