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D-Link DFE-2600 User Manual

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Dual-Speed Stackable Hubs User’s Guide

Making Connections

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DEVICE

PORT
USED

DEVICE BEING

CONNECTED

PORT

TYPE

CABL

E TO USE

Hub or

Normal

Crossover (X)

Normal

Switch

Uplink

Straight-Through (||)

Hub

Server (or PC)

Straight-Through (||)

Hub or

Normal

Straight-Through (||)

Uplink

Switch

Uplink

Crossover (X)

Server (or PC)

Crossover (X)

A crossover cable is a twisted-pair cable in which the wires have been
crossed. The figure below shows the pin assignments for an Ethernet or Fast
Ethernet crossover cable:

NOTE:

The port 1

1X

jack shares its circuitry with the

Uplink

jack. If you connect a hub to the

Uplink

jack, you cannot plug anything into the

1X

jack. And the reverse is also true; if any-

thing is plugged into the

1X

jack, the

Uplink

jack cannot be used.

When uplinking two dual-speed or Fast Ethernet hubs or hub stacks in this
fashion, the maximum distance between any two end-stations in a collision
domain is 205 meters. If the length of the longest hub to end-station connec-