>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 similar hubs together, you use straight cable from uplink-port of the first hub to normal-port of the second hub. Uplink-port in the second hub is for connecting to the third one... Actually connecting hubs in serial isn't good idea. I recommend you to use a switch and then hubs. If you have 8-ports switch, you may connect 8 hubs on it. If the hubs are 8-ports each, that means 56-ports availability for network. There are two types of ports in HUBs. Primary type is standard straight twisted pair, and the another one is that UpLink-port. Difference between these two ports, is the crossover. Usually in small HUBs, that uplink-port is wired to the last normal port (ie. 5-port HUB may have 6 connectors, but only 5-ports) meaning that you can use only uplink or normal port. If you are connecting two HUBs together, or one or more HUBs to the switch, you should wire it from that uplink-port with straight twisted-pair cable. If your HUB doesn't have an uplink-port, you may use standard port and crossover twisted-pair cable instead. If you are just using one HUB that does have 5 ports, 4 standard ones and one fixed uplink with no possibility to switch between crossover or straight, you may use that as 5-ports HUB when you use crossover-cable in that fixed uplink-port instead using straight cable to switch or another hub. And so on... -- Sami Louko ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
