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I'm getting ADSL and i'm getting a modem with a built in hub, all the comps (4 in all) are gunna go into the hub, 2 directly but the other 2 will go into my stand alone hub then to the modem, now will i need a twisted pair cable to link the hub to the modem hub or a stright cable?

i know if you link 2 machines without a hub you use a twisted pair just wondered if it was the same for hubs.

Reaper[oV] wrote:
> If the hubs have uplink ports, just use a normal piece of rj45 to connect the
> two - if not, used a crossover (twisted pair) cable between one port on each,
> doesn't matter which, and it will behave as one large hub.

ah your right i asked a nerd at work and he said if it has an uplink port on the hub (which it does) a normal RJ45 cable will work.

If the hubs have uplink ports, just use a normal piece of rj45 to connect the two - if not, used a crossover (twisted pair) cable between one port on each, doesn't matter which, and it will behave as one large hub.

Hrm, I think you interconnect hubs with crossover.

But then I'm a coax person.

THE COAX IS DEAD. LONG LIVE THE COAX!

I'm getting ADSL and i'm getting a modem with a built in hub, all the comps (4 in all) are gunna go into the hub, 2 directly but the other 2 will go into my stand alone hub then to the modem, now will i need a twisted pair cable to link the hub to the modem hub or a stright cable?

i know if you link 2 machines without a hub you use a twisted pair just wondered if it was the same for hubs.