On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 18:34, Neal Richardson wrote: > I needed to install a small hub in part of the build that was not on > the network. When I connected the hub to the switch from the crossover > port the whole network came crashing to the ground and the server locked > up hard. Upon further investigation it turns out that the RJ45 jacks > were wired complete wrong ( The old admin made the cable). > > My question is this: Is this normal behavior to have the whole network > go down due to a mis wired cable. I can understand the hub not working > but to cause the whole thing to crash seams bizarre to me
That does seem odd, however I have seen bad cables cause all kinds of havoc in a network. I better switch (Catalyst, Pro Curve, etc) will partition off a port in a scenario like that (typically). _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss