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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
jslootbeek@clarku.edu
617 901 6958
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