[PLUG] RE: CRIME Home network connectivity problem

jimwebb@private

Thanks to everyone for your assistance.  I hadn't thought about the concept
that I was attaching one hub to another hub even though they were in
different rooms.  I used the uplink switch and now I'm able to connect two
pc's from one room using the 4 port hub.

Thanks,

Jim Webb

-----Original Message-----
From: Seth Arnold [mailto:sarnold@private]
Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 2:43 AM
To: CRIME
Cc: James H. Webb
Subject: Re: CRIME Home network connectivity problem

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. :)

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