On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 11:26:08PM -0400, James H. Webb wrote: > 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. Were you able to ever get any computers to talk to the internet through the 4 port hub? Were you able to get any two computers to talk to each other through only the 4 port hub? Were you able to get any two computers to talk to each other through both the 4 port hub and the 8 port hub? Were you using the uplink port on only _one_ of the hubs? (You've got to use exactly one -- no more, no less[1].) Do the answers to any of the previous questions change if you plug the 4 port hub directly into the 8 port hub, rather than using the in-built wiring? My guess is that you need to use the uplink ports on one of the hubs; the 4 port might be 'easier', in the sense that it is more mobile than the 8 port hub. But don't use the uplink ports on both. If this isn't it, try the other questions as starting points for troubleshooting. [1] with the exception of crossover cables, but this discussion is complicated enough without bringing them into the middle of it. :) -- http://sardonix.org/
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