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 regular).
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew J Perrin - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 269 Hamilton Hall, CB#3210, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210 USA On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, Robert Waldner wrote: > > 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 the both of them? > > Well, this /kinda/ off-topic[0] here, but anyway: > > Yes, usually you need a x-over cable whenever there´s something called > an "up"- or "cross"-link port. I don´t know why the manufacturers make > ports called uplink or the like (because I can do whatever I want with > every port no matter what they call it), but such is life. > > 0: So reply-to: sender > > cheers, > &rw > -- > -- Russell Foster: "Tell me $DEITY what have I done to deserve this?" > -- David P. Murphy: "You wanted to be a sysadmin. > -- `Oh!` said God, `a challenge!`" > ---- > > >
