[muglo] Re: ethernet hub setup in X
- From: "Eric D." <hideme666@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 01:16:34 -0400
on 11/7/03 5:59 PM, Alex at admeddemda@xxxxxx wrote:
> wondering if I have setup my hub correctly, and it is the hub that
> has an issue. (hub came from a $1 yard sale).
> I thought, to set up a hub with OSX, simply to run a cable modem and
> an ethernet connection to my emate, that all I had to do was run an
> ethernet cable from the hub in position 1 to the mac. Then run cables
> from the hub to the devices.
>
> Mac wont see the cable modem, etc. I do gt activity light on the hub
> at position 1 from the mac.
> this is a 10BT hub, with 10 re-45 connections, and one BNC
Hmm. The set-up doesn't sound right.
Your modem should be hooked up to the uplink (hub) port (usually port 1)
with a cross-over cable. The hub will have a switch to change said uplink
port to function like any other hub port if desired.
All other devices should be hooked up to the hub with patch (_not_
cross-over) cables.
An easy way to determine if you have a patch or a cross-over is to check the
colouration on the wires in the connectors. If the connectors are the same
inside, you have a patch cable. If they are different (a few colours moved
around) it's a cross-over cable.
<http://www.cat-5-cable-company.com/faq-difference-between-patch-crossover.h
tml>
PS What brand of hub is it? Chances are you'll find the manual on-line, or
else a good generic tutorial about setting up hubs if you do a search.
Eric.
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