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Current products will almost all connect with a standard Cat 5/5e/6 patch cable.
Older (but still recent) products will either connect to a specific port on the switch (usually identified as an UPLINK) port, or require the use of a crossover cable.
The issue is that ethernet sends and receives data on different pairs of wire. The newest generation of equipment is able to identify which wires to receive on, and which to transmit on, automatically.
Older equipment is not as intelligent and always transmits/receives on the same wires. This requires either a specially wired port on the switch (that changes the position of the transmit and receive in the jack) or a specially wired cable (that changes the t/r wires) in the plug.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoIt depends on the type of routers you have. Many new networking devices automaticaly detect cable types and switch modes to communicate. As a standard answer though, a router is a dte, similar to a PC, and to connect two like devices would require a CAT 5 crossover cable.
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∙ 11y agothe cable b/w router and switch is cross over
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∙ 13y agoTo the switch the router is just another host, so it connects with a straight Cat 5 or Cat 6 cable.
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∙ 12y agostraight cable
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∙ 12y agoAn ETHERNET CABLE.
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What would you use a crossover cable for?
To connect two devices of the same type together. e.g. You would use a crossover cable to connect a router to another router, a switch to another switch or a computer to another computer. If you are connecting diferent devices together, such as a router to a switch, a straight through cable should be used.
What type of RJ45 UTP cable do you use to connect a PC's COM port to a router or switch console?
crossover cable
What type of cable used to connect the Ethernet interface on a switch to the Ethernet interface on a router?
To the switch the router is just another host, so it connects with a straight Cat 5 or Cat 6 cable.
Differentiante between cross cabling and straight cabling?
Straight Cable is used to connect a device to a different type of devices Eg: PC to a Switch PC to a Hub Switch to a Router E.t.c. Cross Cable is used to connect a device to a similar type of devices Eg: PC to PC Switch to Switch E.t.c.
What type of cable should you use to connect PC after connect switch to switch?
To connect a PC to a switch you should use a straight through UTP cable.
How can you connect between two switch without router?
connect it with a crossover cable connect both end to same type port either two gigabit port or two fast ehternet port
What cable is required for a direct Ethernet connection between two PCS?
"RJ-45 Cross cable" is required for a direct ethernet connetion between two pcsbetween the same type of network devices (PC-to-PC, switch-to-switch, router-to-PC (Note: router and PC are LIKE devices, because both are DTE)) you use Crossover cable.to connect different type of devices (PC-to-switch, PC-to-router ..) you use Straight Through cable.
What type of cable would be required to connect a Linksys router to a wired PC?
A normal crossed ethernet cable will do.
What type of cable is used to connect a PC's NIC to the RJ45 ethernet port of a cisco router?
crossover cable
Which type twisted pair cable will you use to connect router to router?
UTP (unshielded twisted pair) Cat5 or Cat6.
What is a straight cable?
In ethernet terms, a straight-through cable connects a client device to a hub, switch or router (straight-through meaning the connection is pin-to-pin, the opposite of a cross-over cable, which connects RX-TX and vice-versa).
Which type of cable is used to conect the com port of a host to the com port of a router or switch?
Rollover cable is used.
