You must use a "straight" cable if you're connecting pc/router/etc. to a
hub/switch. And you definetely must use a "crossed-over" cable to connect a
pc/router to another pc/router and hub/switch to another hub/switch. Some
hubs/switches/routers may let you change manually the role of the port
(MDI-X or MDI) so it becomes "crossed" internally and you may use a
"straight" cable where the crossed one needed. Thus, on some devices it is
possible to change the port settings and to use a straight cable to connect
hub to hub and pc/router to router.
In your case, 2500 series router's ethernet port does not support this
feature and the solution to your problem is to use a crossed-over cable.
HTH,
Pavel G. Bulgakov, MCSE+I, MCDBA, CCNA
Information Technology Specialist
Clifford Chance Puender CIS
+7 (501) 258-5050, ext. 5079
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2000 10:34 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Stupid question..
>
>
> Can I plug a PC directly from the NIC to the ethernet port on
> a 2500 series
> router?
> It won't work for me. Router doesn't recognize a link
> directly to the PC
> but it does
> when plugged into a switch. I assume it's a straight vs.
> crossover thing
> but from
> what I was told, you only need a crossover cable when
> plugging like devices
> together
> (ie- router to router, switch to switch, etc.).
>
> Any ideas?
>
> What I am trying to do is have a pc on the e0 int of one router, feed
> through a frame
> relay connection to another router and then out of the e0 int on that
> router to a switch.
>
> Thanks in advance for helping out.
> Roman
>
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