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| 1251703 | 2012-01-02 08:56:00 | Am I correct in guessing that ports that support MDI/MDIX can act as the "uplink" port when connected to a router/modem? (Instead of having dedicated uplink ports?). | icow (15313) | ||
| 1251704 | 2012-01-03 04:13:00 | The answer, according to Google, is 0.994698476 | BBCmicro (15761) | ||
| 1251705 | 2012-01-04 19:14:00 | I faced that problem about a year ago and I think it was Erayd that put me right. I think he said that MDI/MDIX accommodates cable wiring, a kind of physical thing. It can't change the logical function of a port from LAN to WAN | BBCmicro (15761) | ||
| 1251706 | 2012-01-04 19:54:00 | MDI/MDIX means that the ethernet ports on a switch or router can autodetect if the cable you have plugged in is a straight through / patch cable or a crossover cable. AFAIK all recent switches or routers have this feature built in now. It used to be that if you wanted to connect two switches, or a switch and a router, you had to use the uplink port. If there was no uplink port on either then you had to use a crossover cable. |
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| 1251707 | 2012-01-05 08:03:00 | Cool just the answer i was looking for. thanks alot. | icow (15313) | ||
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