Connecting a switch

Daniel333

Sorry, again, brand new to networking. First time ever touching this sort of stuff.

I have a workstation, a switch and a couple routers. I'd like to have the workstations ping through the switch, to the router. (isn't that the goal here?)

the Aux is logically, the e0, on the router I am thinking? So what connection needs to be between the Router and the switch?

Router2503 --- Switch1900


Some sort of cross over cable? What is that cable called?

Or should it be converted to RJ45 using a transceiver, and would it then be cross over or straight through?

Is the AUX on the router and switch an alike device? Or are they internally crossed over?

bighornsheep

Between your router and your switch, you use a regular straight through cable plus a transceiver for your router.

The AUX port is for connecting to a modem. A cross over is for hub-hub, hub-switch, switch-switch, or host-host.

cheers.

Daniel333

Whoop, AUI, I said AUX.
Wow, this has been a educational couple of days.

So alright, find a tranceiver (one in the box! W007, go Ciscokits!), plug a straight through CAt5. Do I need another transceiver on for the AUI on the switch (1900 if it matters) or can use one of the 10base-T ports?

georgemc

You can use one of the 10Base-T ports.

RJ45 on your MAU(transceiver) in normally straight throught although I've seen a few with a switch for making them crossover. Some switches have a port with the same feature.