[PLUG] Home network connectivity problem

[Sean Whitney]

You have attempted to connect a hub/switch to a hub/switch.  This calls for a 
crossover cable.


Sean

On Wednesday 16 October 2002 20:26, you wrote:
> I have a home network problem that has me puzzled.  I hope that somebody
> out there has more smarts and/or experience to help me.
>
> When my house was built I had cat5 jacks placed in 4 rooms.  The cable led
> to a closet where I had my cable brought into the house.  In that closet I
> have the cable connected to the Motorola modem which connects to my
> hardware firewall.  This in turn is connected to an 8 port 10/100 Netgear
> hub.  I have cat5 cable connected from the hub into wall jacks that lead
> back to the 4 rooms.
>
> I noticed today that when I attempted to attach a 4 port Netgear 10/100 hub
> in one of the rooms to the wall jack that I was unable to connect to the
> network.  This is the same network that I can successfully connect out to
> the internet when I have one pc, without the hub, connected to that same
> wall jack.  I switched cat5 cables.  That didn't help.  I moved the hub
> into another room and the same problem occurred.  I can connect to the
> internet with one pc, but not after I connect one or more pc's through the
> hub.
>
> A friend thought that it may be due to some IEEE standard about how the
> wall jack might be set up, but he couldn't remember the details.
>
> Has anybody seen anything like this?  Can anybody help????
>
>
> TIA,
>
> Jim Webb
>
>
>
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