Question about Hub/switches/routers

[Mark42]

The Cisco 804 ISDN Router has 4 ports on the back. The first port has a push button switch next to it labeled "hub/node".<br /><br />I want to know the purpose of that switch. The manual has not been any help so far.<br /><br />I think it is for when the ISDN router is to be connected to a hub/switch, but I am not sure. I know that when I had the PC plugged in to it and the switch was set for "hub" the port didn't respont to the PC. I flipped the switch and the PC was connected.<br /><br />Can I use that port to connect this ISDN router to another router? Does it have to be connected to the WAN port on the other router or as a regular port?

 

[ndemge]

Re: Question about Hub/switches/routers

That is a Crossover Switch.<br /><br />to connect a hub to a hub, you need a Crossover Cable, or you the the uplink port that does this FOR you.<br /><br />So if you want to use a hub or a switch so you can have more than 3 computers hooked to your 804, you hook a REGULAR network cable to the "HUB" port of the cisco, and to any REGULAR port on a hub or switch.<br /><br />OR: Use a regular port on the cisco, and then plug a regular cable into the uplink port of a hub/switch<br /><br /><br />Almost every hub/switch out there has an uplink port so you don't have to have a crossover cable, it's very handy.<br /><br />If you are going to use your 804 as a modem only, and have it set in Bridge mode, then yes, you would go from it to the WAN port on a router. Depends on the router to weather it wants the strait through, or the crossover from the modem. usually it uses a reuglar port.

 

[ndemge]

Re: Question about Hub/switches/routers

To add ...<br /><br />Here is a picture of my Cluster F$#@@#$ in my office.<br /><br />HP 12 port Hub on top, black button to the left of the ports is marked "MIDI" this is the uplink port, if that button is pressed, it is turned into a crossover cable. That yellow cable is plugged into a regular port on the 100base 3com hub below it.<br /><br />Below that is my Intel VPN, then Netopia DSL Router and Wireless Access Point on the shelf below.<br /><br /><br />So my network goes:<br /><br />DSL Router ---> VPN ----> HP Hub that is linked to the 3com hub along with the APoint.<br /><br />...why do I have 2? had been running the 10base hub for the lsat couple years, needed to do a 60 gig transfer yesterday, so I just sat the 100 base in there and connected those 2 machines to it. I dodn't have a switch laying around, and don't really need one most of the time.<br /><br />

 

[Mark42]

Re: Question about Hub/switches/routers

Noel, the situation is this:<br /><br />I was using a USR broadband router (just connected to a dial up modem) that was 100t base. The Cisco 804 ISDN router is only 10t based. I want to connect the PC's together using the USR broadband router for the high speed pc to pc connection, and connect the Cisco 804 router to the USR router as a modem only (like your last scenario above). <br /><br />So I think I set the switch on the ISDN router to "hub", connect a regular cable from the hub port to the WAN port on the USR router? Is that right? <br /><br />What/how is "bridge Mode" done? <br /><br />Hey, I've seen worse wiring jobs in the server rooms where I work. That's not too bad!

 

[tommays]

Re: Question about Hub/switches/routers

i am getting to confused but the WAN port from the USR should just plug into the ? port on the modem and be happy<br /><br /><br />the uplink port on a hub is the only real difference that i know of between a hub and a switch<br /><br />Router A networking device that connects multiple networks together, such as a local network and the Internet.<br /><br /><br />tommays

 

[gatorred]

Re: Question about Hub/switches/routers

mine when I had dsl i had a router go bad about every three months i have spare in new box I switched back to slow dailup and never had a router problem again yet