More, Re: Quick question about Ethernet ports on an E4A with LAN Console

On 5/3/23 10:07 AM, Patrik Schindler wrote:

Am 03.05.2023 um 18:20 schrieb James H. H. Lampert via MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

And if I'm not going through a switch or other hub, I probably need a crossover cable, right?

Crossover-cables were necessary up to, and including 100BASE-T. The 1000BASE-T standard makes auto-crossing (Auto-MDIX) mandatory. No need for crossover cables with Gigabit.

Hmm. And I already know that as long as *ONE* end is plugged into an Auto-MDI-X socket, the link doesn't care whether the cable is straight-through or crossover.

Looking ahead to hooking up the main Ethernet:

Referring back to the picture, to the left of the sockets, under a 1GB heading, they're labeled T1 through T4, and then T1 and T2 again, while on the right, under a heading of 10GB, the first one is labeled T1 and the *third* one is labeled T2. Can somebody explain what's up with that?

The switch that serves as the office Ethernet hub is a Linksys EZXS16W, old enough to have a purple front, and looking at an online manual, it's apparently not even 1GB, let alone 10GB; would I then be using the second from the top, or the third from the top?

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