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Uplink port on Linksys router...
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| JonnieStyle 2002-09-26, 7:28 pm |
| If you had a computer w/ a NIC, and a crossover cable - could you plug into
the "uplink" port on a router and be connected as if you had a 'straight
thru' cable and a regular port?
I only ask because - as far as I remember - an "uplink" port crosses the
wires. So a crossover cable crossed again would be straight thru, right?
In practice, it ain't working...
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JonnieStyle
jonniestyle@hotmail.com
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| Barry Watzman 2002-09-26, 8:29 pm |
| Yes, you should be able to do that, if you are plugging into one of the
"switch" or "LAN" ports (not the "WAN" port).
In most cases, an uplink port is just a cross-wired connector that is in
parallel with one of the other ports. In other words, one of the ports
has two connectors, one wired "normally", one wired "crossover". YOU
CAN'T USE BOTH CONNECTORS FOR ***THAT*** PORT.
Instead of two connectors, some devices use one port and a switch that
reverses the way it is wired.
In most
JonnieStyle wrote:
> If you had a computer w/ a NIC, and a crossover cable - could you plug into
> the "uplink" port on a router and be connected as if you had a 'straight
> thru' cable and a regular port?
>
> I only ask because - as far as I remember - an "uplink" port crosses the
> wires. So a crossover cable crossed again would be straight thru, right?
>
> In practice, it ain't working...
>
> --
> JonnieStyle
> jonniestyle@hotmail.com
>
>
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| JonnieStyle 2002-09-26, 8:29 pm |
| I kinda figured my theory was solid, but sadly it's not working. I assume
the ports are "autosensing" and if somethings plugged into UPLINK then PORT
4 shuts off and vice versa.
I'm gonna make a straight thru cable and try that on for size.
Thanks for the reply.
"Barry Watzman" <Watzman@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
news:3D93B65E.1000701@neo.rr.com...
> Yes, you should be able to do that, if you are plugging into one of the
> "switch" or "LAN" ports (not the "WAN" port).
>
> In most cases, an uplink port is just a cross-wired connector that is in
> parallel with one of the other ports. In other words, one of the ports
> has two connectors, one wired "normally", one wired "crossover". YOU
> CAN'T USE BOTH CONNECTORS FOR ***THAT*** PORT.
>
> Instead of two connectors, some devices use one port and a switch that
> reverses the way it is wired.
>
>
>
> In most
>
> JonnieStyle wrote:
> > If you had a computer w/ a NIC, and a crossover cable - could you plug
into
> > the "uplink" port on a router and be connected as if you had a 'straight
> > thru' cable and a regular port?
> >
> > I only ask because - as far as I remember - an "uplink" port crosses the
> > wires. So a crossover cable crossed again would be straight thru,
right?
> >
> > In practice, it ain't working...
> >
> > --
> > JonnieStyle
> > jonniestyle@hotmail.com
> >
> >
>
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| Barry Watzman 2002-09-26, 9:29 pm |
| Yes, you should be able to do that, if you are plugging into one of the
"switch" or "LAN" ports (not the "WAN" port).
In most cases, an uplink port is just a cross-wired connector that is in
parallel with one of the other ports. In other words, one of the ports
has two connectors, one wired "normally", one wired "crossover". YOU
CAN'T USE BOTH CONNECTORS FOR ***THAT*** PORT.
Instead of two connectors, some devices use one port and a switch that
reverses the way it is wired.
In most
JonnieStyle wrote:
> If you had a computer w/ a NIC, and a crossover cable - could you plug into
> the "uplink" port on a router and be connected as if you had a 'straight
> thru' cable and a regular port?
>
> I only ask because - as far as I remember - an "uplink" port crosses the
> wires. So a crossover cable crossed again would be straight thru, right?
>
> In practice, it ain't working...
>
> --
> JonnieStyle
> jonniestyle@hotmail.com
>
>
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| JonnieStyle 2002-09-26, 9:29 pm |
| I kinda figured my theory was solid, but sadly it's not working. I assume
the ports are "autosensing" and if somethings plugged into UPLINK then PORT
4 shuts off and vice versa.
I'm gonna make a straight thru cable and try that on for size.
Thanks for the reply.
"Barry Watzman" <Watzman@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
news:3D93B65E.1000701@neo.rr.com...
> Yes, you should be able to do that, if you are plugging into one of the
> "switch" or "LAN" ports (not the "WAN" port).
>
> In most cases, an uplink port is just a cross-wired connector that is in
> parallel with one of the other ports. In other words, one of the ports
> has two connectors, one wired "normally", one wired "crossover". YOU
> CAN'T USE BOTH CONNECTORS FOR ***THAT*** PORT.
>
> Instead of two connectors, some devices use one port and a switch that
> reverses the way it is wired.
>
>
>
> In most
>
> JonnieStyle wrote:
> > If you had a computer w/ a NIC, and a crossover cable - could you plug
into
> > the "uplink" port on a router and be connected as if you had a 'straight
> > thru' cable and a regular port?
> >
> > I only ask because - as far as I remember - an "uplink" port crosses the
> > wires. So a crossover cable crossed again would be straight thru,
right?
> >
> > In practice, it ain't working...
> >
> > --
> > JonnieStyle
> > jonniestyle@hotmail.com
> >
> >
>
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