Re: Joining two network switches?
Man, that is quite a peer network to have 14 ports available for! Or is this within a more formal network somewhere?<br /><br />Most of those little switches these days autosense whether it is a straighht thru or crossover anyway, as you discovered.<br /><br />If it gets any larger I'd be considering a real $witch which is much more efficient at keeping all those information packets sailing happily and efficiently along. But those little switches sure do work well for the money!<br /><br />Tip: if ever they weird out and start fighting, unplug the power and restart them. I once saw one which occasionally wigged out & caused some grief until we figured out where the problem was coming from. This little eight port switch took out everything in the mdf, basically shutting down the whole school!
<br /><br />Do I use a normal patch cable or does it have to be a crossover one? <br />Can I plug the connecting cable into any port or does it have to be the one way over on the right hand side (hole 9).