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***glc*** · 06-01-2002, 04:03 PM

No need to screw with the cable - a straight Cat 5 works fine, as long as it's connected from a standard port to an uplink port. If his hub is only 10 megabit, you will only get one light - a link light. If it's 10/100, you will also get a 100 light, but NOT a fdx light, hubs are only half duplex.

Note that on most inexpensive hubs and switches, the uplink port shares with either the first or last port, and you cannot use both simultaneously. On other devices, one port may be a combination port and uplink/straight is controlled by a button.

06-01-2002, 04:03 PM	#12
*glc* Forum Administrator Staff Premium Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Joplin MO Posts: 37,713	No need to screw with the cable - a straight Cat 5 works fine, as long as it's connected from a standard port to an uplink port. If his hub is only 10 megabit, you will only get one light - a link light. If it's 10/100, you will also get a 100 light, but NOT a fdx light, hubs are only half duplex. Note that on most inexpensive hubs and switches, the uplink port shares with either the first or last port, and you cannot use both simultaneously. On other devices, one port may be a combination port and uplink/straight is controlled by a button.