Whil, All new routers/switches will now autosense connections so you no longer need to use the crossover cable or buy a switch with a special downlink/uplink port.
Dave Crozier -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Whil Hentzen (Pro*) Sent: 23 August 2007 21:08 To: profox@leafe.com Subject: [NF] Stupid networking question - actually, stupid hardware question There are a series of animals out there called 10/100/1000 Mbps Gigabit Desktop Switches. 8 ports in the back, say, use one for your firewall or router and the rest are for your boxes. It seems to me that you can daisy chain these guys, but I don't recall the specifics. If you had two of these switches, can you just plug one into another, in essence making it a 16 port switch (albeit with two power cords, etc.) A long time ago, I think you had to flip a switch (terminator or crossover or something?) but, as you can tell, (1) my memory is fuzzy, and (2) I don't know jack about this anyway. Whil [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
