Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2859 mails)

[James Knott <james.knott@xxxxxxxxxx>]

M Harris wrote:
> On Thursday 03 May 2007 01:03, Michael S. Dunsavage wrote:
>   
>> Another question is, in first scenario, would the firewall PC get connected
>> to the Router's internet port (is that uplink?) or into one of the regular
>> ports.      
>>     
>         This depends upon your switch. My eight port high speed switch has a specific 
> uplink RJ45 that attaches to the eth0 nic card of my [firewall, NAT] box. My 
> five port high speed switch does not have a specific uplink port... any one 
> of the five RJ45 jacks can be used as the uplink--- doesn't matter.  See you 
> owner's manual for the switch... if the back of the switch has a jack labled 
> uplink its a safe bet that you should use that one... 
>
>
>   

It doesn't matter what switch port you use.  That "uplink" switch/port
is used when connecting to another switch or hub and requires one of
them to be cross wired.  Otherwise, you'd need a crossover cable to
connect two switches or hubs.  Since he's connecting to another NIC in a
computer, a crossed connection is not needed.



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