check this: http://www.alatec.com/info/rj45.html It has comprehensive directions on network cabling. The uplink port is used to connect devices such as other hubs/switches or cable modems etc... On Monday 19 November 2001 11:06 am, you wrote: > This brings up an interesting point. I have two hubs at home, both are > 10Mbs. I was transferring files from one machine to another, and I was > getting collisions. The tranfer was fine, but I got to thinking about this. > I made my own cabling, but I don't know if I have then right or not. Could > someone either color code both ends for me? I thought it was like below: > > orange > orange-white > blue > blue-white > brown > brown-white > green > green-white > black > black-white > > Is this correct if you are looking at both cable ends with the security > clip towards you going from left to right? Also, one of my hubs is a 8 > port +bnc + 1 uplink (it's a D-link) and the other is a standard 8 port hub > (3 Com). So, would my uplink port go to port 8 of the 3Com hub? > > If someone can answer this or provide a link of proper cable making > procedures, would appreciate it greatly. > > > Shawn > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, > Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com