Auto sensing uplink?

[crazychicken]

I bought a DLink DGS-2208 8Port switch. I noticed that it did not have an uplink port, so I made a crossover cable to plug it into my router to expand the number of ports the router had. This did not work. I then used a normal cable, and it worked perfectly. Can these switches tell that they need to use a port like this? Or how did this work?

Thanks,
Dave

 

[JackMDS]

Giga Ports are Auto sensing (MDX) as part as the Giga port's standard.

 

[Jamsan]

Originally posted by: crazychicken
I bought a DLink DGS-2208 8Port switch. I noticed that it did not have an uplink port, so I made a crossover cable to plug it into my router to expand the number of ports the router had. This did not work. I then used a normal cable, and it worked perfectly. Can these switches tell that they need to use a port like this? Or how did this work?

Thanks,
Dave

as Jack said, giga ports are Auto sensing and will work correctly with either a straight through or crossover cable. The reason your crossover cable probably didn't work is because you made it yourself..