Can't get hub to work under router

[TitanDiddly]

I have a Linksys BEFSR41 router, and I recently bought a 4-port switch so I could connect more users. I thought that all I needed to do was to connect the switch's uplink port to a port on the router, and the extra users onto the switch. This isn't working. Am I making a nobive mistake?

 

[theblaznee]

Yes you are indeed making a noobie fault

Don't connect it to the uplink port as that is used for inter-switch connections.. Although it would work if you used a crossed over cable..

Just plug your normal ethernet cable into one of the switchports and off you go..

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: theblaznee
Yes you are indeed making a noobie fault

Don't connect it to the uplink port as that is used for inter-switch connections.. Although it would work if you used a crossed over cable..

Just plug your normal ethernet cable into one of the switchports and off you go..

Agreed. Everytime I tried to use the uplink port on my Linksys router I lost connection to every computer.

 

[ScottMac]

Uplink port and a straight-through jumper, or cross-over jumper to a "normal" port.

Also, the uplink port may share a transceiver with a "normal" port, so stay away from the nearest "normal" port (i.e., use one or the other, not both).

FWIW

Scott

 

[TitanDiddly]

Thanks for the help. I learned after posting this that another user on the same switch is functionally normally, whereas when I posted this I thought he was still down with a virus. So now I know it is not an issue with the switch- there's something wrong with the configuration on W2K. Can anyone share some ideas on what I might be doing wrong? What is the proper way to configure a PC for network use in W2K?

 

[Kelemvor]

You don't have to configure anything if you turn DHCP on and set them to just "Get IP Automatically"

 

[Kwatt]

Originally posted by: PhasmatisNox
Thanks for the help. I learned after posting this that another user on the same switch is functionally normally, whereas when I posted this I thought he was still down with a virus. So now I know it is not an issue with the switch- there's something wrong with the configuration on W2K. Can anyone share some ideas on what I might be doing wrong? What is the proper way to configure a PC for network use in W2K?

Are all computers using the same protocol?
I share file and print services with NetBeui.
And use TCP/IP for internet only. You can use TCP/IP for everything. I have an different versions of Windows (95,98,2K,XP) 95 and 98 seem to like NetBeui better.

Kwatt