On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 01:44:31AM -0600, ScanMan wrote:
> Do your hubs have uplink ports? If so, use them. If not, buy new hubs.
Awful advise! See below. So a quick summary of what you have:
RJ45 Location Equipment
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2 Livingroom
1 Bedroom #1 (upstairs)
1 Bedroom #2 (upstairs) 3 PC's, 1 DSL Router
NA Closet (basement) 1 PC
4 Port Hub, 8 Port Hub
If you plan on using your closet for equipment, your port:device count
is one off. Consider getting a larger hub/switch for your closet. If
you move the computer from the closet to that bedroom, you should be
able to put the 4-port in the closet and the 8-port in the bedroom. All
your connections should be covered.
Check your 4-port hub for an uplink switch. Use that port and the
similar port on the 8-port hub to connect the two together. If you do
not have an uplink port on either, obtain an RJ45 crossover cable.
Table: Crossover Cable
PINs
Cable 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
1 w/o o w/g bl w/bl g w/br br
2 w/br br w/bl g w/gr bl w/o or
Now, won't I feel like an arse if that's incorrect. ;-)
BR#2
LR BR#1 [ 8 port ]
|| | |
|| 2 |3 |
| `----.|,----------' 1,2,3: Std. RJ45 Patch Cable
1`-----.||| 4 4: RJ45 Crossover Cable
||||
[ 4 port ]
Closet
So, again, try for the uplink port. Connect your hubs directly to
each other (in the same room for testing purposes). You'll know it
works when you have an active link light for that port on each hub.
Double-check it by placing one of your three pc's on one hub, and
another on the second. You should be able to ping them.
Once you have this debugged in your bedroom and working, move the hub to
the closet, link up, and go.
--
Chad Walstrom <chewie at wookimus.net> | a.k.a. ^chewie
http://www.wookimus.net/ | s.k.a. gunnarr
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