Hub on switch

Bosw8er · 4th March 2003, 15:50

I have a 8 port linksys router/switch, no dhcp. The switch has a toggle on the 8th port for uplinking another router/switch/hub. The documentation is kinda very brief on how this works ... so here is the question:

Lets say i have 4 pc's plugged in in a nearby switch and 3 pc's at about 60 meters away from this switch

In stead of having 3 utp cables crossing the 60 m, i prefer having only one 60m-utp cable with a hub at the end.

I'll plug in the 3 pc's in the hub and i'll give them all a unique address (like 192.168.1.500 - 192.168.1.501 - 192.168.1.502), subnet stays 255.255.255.0

Will this work ?

RichBa5tard · 4th March 2003, 16:28

I don't see why it should work if you use a crossed cable (or use the uplink ports) to connect the hub with the switch..

jmke · 4th March 2003, 17:35

don't you mean, "I don't see why it shouldn't work" ?

by toggling the switch you can use a normal UTP cable instead of a crossed one

4th March 2003, 19:17

Quote:

Originally posted by Bosw8er
I have a 8 port linksys router/switch, no dhcp. The switch has a toggle on the 8th port for uplinking another router/switch/hub. The documentation is kinda very brief on how this works ... so here is the question:

Lets say i have 4 pc's plugged in in a nearby switch and 3 pc's at about 60 meters away from this switch

In stead of having 3 utp cables crossing the 60 m, i prefer having only one 60m-utp cable with a hub at the end.

I'll plug in the 3 pc's in the hub and i'll give them all a unique address (like 192.168.1.500 - 192.168.1.501 - 192.168.1.502), subnet stays 255.255.255.0

Will this work ?

You can only use adresses up to 192.168.1.256

jmke · 4th March 2003, 19:19

damn overlooked that one
Bosw8er you SHOULD KNOW BETTER

we even have a GUIDE @ M for this =-)
http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=gethowto&howtoID=22

Quote:

Private Addressing used for Internal LAN´s (not published on the internet)
10.0.0.0 through 10.255.255.255
172.16.0.0 through 172.31.255.255
192.168.0.0 through 192.168.255.255

Bosw8er · 5th March 2003, 08:59

owkay, thx !

RichBa5tard · 5th March 2003, 11:19

Quote:

Originally posted by jmke
don't you mean, "I don't see why it shouldn't work" ?

oops, typo

4th March 2003, 15:50	#1
Bosw8er [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,711	Hub on switch I have a 8 port linksys router/switch, no dhcp. The switch has a toggle on the 8th port for uplinking another router/switch/hub. The documentation is kinda very brief on how this works ... so here is the question: Lets say i have 4 pc's plugged in in a nearby switch and 3 pc's at about 60 meters away from this switch In stead of having 3 utp cables crossing the 60 m, i prefer having only one 60m-utp cable with a hub at the end. I'll plug in the 3 pc's in the hub and i'll give them all a unique address (like 192.168.1.500 - 192.168.1.501 - 192.168.1.502), subnet stays 255.255.255.0 Will this work ?

4th March 2003, 16:28	#2
RichBa5tard [M] Reviewer/HWBot ***** Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,344	I don't see why it should work if you use a crossed cable (or use the uplink ports) to connect the hub with the switch.. __________________ HTPC (mac osx): Mac Mini \| Core Duo 1.6Ghz \| 2GB DDR2 \| 26\" TFT Development (mac osx): Macbook \| Core 2 2.0Ghz \| 4GB DDR2 \| 250GB HD Games (win xp): E2160 @ 2.4Ghz \| HD3850 OC \| Asrock 4coredual-vsta \| 2GB DDR2

4th March 2003, 17:35	#3
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 78,419	don't you mean, "I don't see why it shouldn't work" ? by toggling the switch you can use a normal UTP cable instead of a crossed one __________________

5th March 2003, 08:59	#6
Bosw8er [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,711	owkay, thx ! __________________ "Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that."

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