Hi guys, i know what type of a cable to use between equipments, but what i wanna ask about is: if we are connecting a PC to a Switch or a Hub we would use a Straight through cable, i wanna know how does the Switch recieve them on the Transmit pair because its Straight. Thx.
Hi Andy,
An "Interface" Port (like from the LAN-Card of a PC or from a NM-FE) usually uses MDI wireing.
Hub/Switch-Ports usually have MDI-X wireing.
That's why you can use straight cables, when connecting an Interface to a Switch-Port, and that's why you need crossover, when connecting interfaces to each others.
Some modern Switches have MDI/MDI-X autosensing. (For you this means, that you can use both types of cables here).
Rainer
Pin Name Direction Description
1 TD+ HUB NIC Receive data - 7 nc --- 8 nc ---Thx Guys, you have been a great help.
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