Using Uplink on hub...how??

[Geek Boy]

Hello all, sorry for not being on for a long time, but I've been stucked into playing a game..(Homeworld:Cataclysm)

But anyways, I'm going to be hosting a BIG LAN party(the biggest in my area...15 people)but I only have an Intellinet 8 port and two 5 port hubs....and they have Uplink ports on them...how do I use them to link the hubs??

Thanks

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[sww]

You should be able to plug a crossover cable from one hub to the uplink port of the other.

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[Nabu_the_Wise]

Actually, you shouldnt need crossover cables for this. Just use a normal patch cable from one uplink port to a normal port on another switch. Its when hubs dont have a uplink port that you need to use a crossover cable to connect them (and likewise if you are connecting two uplink ports together - but then they arent intended to go together).

[sbobz]

nabu is spot on. an uplink port crosses over internally before the RJ45 socket. so a straight through cable is all you need.

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[Geek Boy]

Thanks, so all I need is a patch cable and hock them up to both of the uplink ports.

but I need three hubs..8 port and 2 5 port hub is all I have..

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Doug Bunker
Celeron 466 o/c 582 (first time overclocker), 256 MB PC 100 (I have one little 64MB PC 100, but I have a 64 and 128 MB PC133), voodoo 3 3000 AGP (hoping to get GeForce 2 MX 32MB AGP card), SB live! x-gamer, Acer 8x4x32x, 40 GB WD ATA 100,Abit BE6 mobo

QCT rocks!!

[sww]

Sorry about my first post, my brain was in lalaland.

You run one patch cable from one port on the 8-port to the uplink on one 5-port and then do the same thing with the other 5port. That should leave you with 6 usable ports on the 8port hub and four on each of the 5 port hubs for a total of 14 usable ports.

Originally posted by Geek Boy:
Thanks, so all I need is a patch cable and hock them up to both of the uplink ports.

but I need three hubs..8 port and 2 5 port hub is all I have..

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