Plug the cable from the wall into the UPLINK port on the hub. If necessary, push the cross-over button on the hub (if it has one). When two network devices are uplinked together, they have to use a cross over patch cable (vs a straight thru cable which is probably what you have). Most hubs feature a switch-able uplink port that can essentially provide the same function via a straight-thru cable. If all else fails, go to Frys and get a cross-over cable and try that. ___________________________________ Andrew Plato, CISSP President / Principal Consultant Anitian Corporation 503-644-5656 Office 503-644-8574 Fax 503-201-0821 Mobile www.anitian.com ___________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: James H. Webb [mailto:jimwebbat_private] Sent: Wed 10/16/2002 8:26 PM To: PLUG Cc: CRIME Subject: CRIME Home network connectivity problem 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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