[COMP] Re: CrossOver cabling

Yes the hub has seperate LEDS, but one is for
LINK/ACTIVITY and the other is for FDX/COL(Full
Dup/Collisons)

and the manual that came with the hub gives the 
following explanation for when both are blinking:

LINK/ACT(blinking) - Port is receiving or transmitting
data

FDX/COL(blinking) - a packet collison is occuring in
this port.

As I said, both sets of LEDS are blinking at the same 
time, constantly.

The cable is not Cat 5, in fact I don't think it is
cat cable at all, (how do you tell if it is CAT
anyway?)

Shane


--- John Madden <weez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Ok, but when I tried this and connect the cabling
> to
> > the hub, I get constant 'flickering' of the lights
> > on the hub, almost like data is being
> sent/received
> > constantly.
> > Another thing I should mention is that I am not
> > using conventional ethernet cabling from one PC to
> > the other - this cable has only 4 wires not 8 like
> > standard ethernet cable.  This is the reason I
> asked
> > about having the 8 wires present.
> 
> Nope, 4-strand cat 5 will do fine.  Your only
> concern should be whether or 
> not it's twisted-pair, and if it worked in the
> crossover config, it is.
> 
> As for the flickering thing, it really depends on
> what sort of hub you've 
> got, not necessarily what's going on on the network
> at the time.  If it's 
> got separate led's for link and activity though, and
> the link light is 
> blinking, chances are there's something wrong with
> the cable. 
> 
> John
> 
> 
> 
> 
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