True, the uplink port is usually shared with port 1. It is in fact just a crossover connection for that port. You can plug the crossover cable into the uplink port, and the non-crossover cables into any of the others. And as Jess says you can only use one or the other socket for port 1. Kerry.
----- Original Message ----- From: Jessica Mayo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Bill Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2002 3:13 PM Subject: Re: [SLUG] Networking Problems > On Sun, 22 Dec 2002, Bill Barnes wrote: > > I have 3 pc\'s. 1 running smoothwall and 2 running mandrake 9.0. > > I have purchased a Sky Link Net 1008 8 port N-Way Fast Ethernet Switch and 3 Cat 5 UTP cables. > > When I connect all 3 pcs via this Switch ( the Smoothwall box on the uplink port and the mandrake boxes on any port from 2 to 8) I cannot access the smoothwall box by ping or by browser. > > > > Am I correct in assuming that I have either a bad Switch or at leasr 2 bad Cat 5 cables? > > No. You have misunderstood the purpose of the 'Uplink' port. > > The upling port is a special port for connecting to another hub or switch. > You need all three cables to be plugged into 'ordinary' ports as they are > all ordinary network cards. :) > > Also beware that the uplink port is usually shared with either the first > or last port, and you can't use that socket if you're using the uplink. > > -- Jess. > (Everything with a grin :) > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
