seting up two hubs

i have two computers out in my shed connected to a 12 port hub and i
have a laptop and another computer concted to another 12 port hub in the
house. how can i get the computers to talk to the computer is the house. i
have a network lead runing from the house to the shed. where abouts is is it
ment to go in to the hubs?
The computers i have in the house are setup like this, the laptop is in
port 1 and the Desktop computer is in port 2, ( the laptop is running XP
Home and the computer is running win 2000 pro, they can't see each other yet
as to i'm unsure how to set xp and win 2000 up to see each other).
In the shed computer 1 is in port 5 and the computer 2 is in port 6.
(etc, etc)

so where do i put the network lead that is in the middle of the hubs. i
tryed putting them in port 12 at each hub and they did'nt work. there is and
extension plug (in and out plug) an RS-232 male plug and a thin Lan plug.

if any one can help me here please, it would be really good.

you'll need a cross-over cable to connect hub to hub its basically a regular
ethernet cable with a couple of pins reversed ... do a search in google for
cross-over cabling pin out and you'll see what you need to do to the cable
to make it work with 2 hubs


"Possum" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> i have two computers out in my shed connected to a 12 port hub and i
> have a laptop and another computer concted to another 12 port hub in the
> house. how can i get the computers to talk to the computer is the house. i
> have a network lead runing from the house to the shed. where abouts is is
it
> ment to go in to the hubs?
> The computers i have in the house are setup like this, the laptop is
in
> port 1 and the Desktop computer is in port 2, ( the laptop is running XP
> Home and the computer is running win 2000 pro, they can't see each other
yet
> as to i'm unsure how to set xp and win 2000 up to see each other).
> In the shed computer 1 is in port 5 and the computer 2 is in port 6.
> (etc, etc)
>
> so where do i put the network lead that is in the middle of the hubs.
i
> tryed putting them in port 12 at each hub and they did'nt work. there is
and
> extension plug (in and out plug) an RS-232 male plug and a thin Lan plug.
>
> if any one can help me here please, it would be really good.
>
>

Possum wrote:
> i have two computers out in my shed connected to a 12 port hub and i
> have a laptop and another computer concted to another 12 port hub in the
> house. how can i get the computers to talk to the computer is the house. i
> have a network lead runing from the house to the shed. where abouts is is it
> ment to go in to the hubs?
> The computers i have in the house are setup like this, the laptop is in
> port 1 and the Desktop computer is in port 2, ( the laptop is running XP
> Home and the computer is running win 2000 pro, they can't see each other yet
> as to i'm unsure how to set xp and win 2000 up to see each other).
> In the shed computer 1 is in port 5 and the computer 2 is in port 6.
> (etc, etc)
>
> so where do i put the network lead that is in the middle of the hubs. i
> tryed putting them in port 12 at each hub and they did'nt work. there is and
> extension plug (in and out plug) an RS-232 male plug and a thin Lan plug.
>
> if any one can help me here please, it would be really good.
>
>
Some hubs have something identified as an "uplink" port (or a port that
can be switched to behave as either an uplink port or regular one). If
yours does, connect that on one end with a regular port on the other
end. If neither of your hubs has an uplink port, you need a crossover
cable in series with your long cable. They can be purchased for about
the same price as a regular Cat5 cable. Or you can construct one if you
have the right crimper using instructions on the Linksys site (among
others).

HTH

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CJT wrote:

> Possum wrote:
>
>> i have two computers out in my shed connected to a 12 port hub and i
>> have a laptop and another computer concted to another 12 port hub in the
>> house. how can i get the computers to talk to the computer is the
>> house. i
>> have a network lead runing from the house to the shed. where abouts is
>> is it
>> ment to go in to the hubs?
>> The computers i have in the house are setup like this, the laptop
>> is in
>> port 1 and the Desktop computer is in port 2, ( the laptop is running XP
>> Home and the computer is running win 2000 pro, they can't see each
>> other yet
>> as to i'm unsure how to set xp and win 2000 up to see each other).
>> In the shed computer 1 is in port 5 and the computer 2 is in port 6.
>> (etc, etc)
>>
>> so where do i put the network lead that is in the middle of the
>> hubs. i
>> tryed putting them in port 12 at each hub and they did'nt work. there
>> is and
>> extension plug (in and out plug) an RS-232 male plug and a thin Lan plug.
>>
>> if any one can help me here please, it would be really good.
>>
>>
> Some hubs have something identified as an "uplink" port (or a port that
> can be switched to behave as either an uplink port or regular one). If
> yours does, connect that on one end with a regular port on the other
> end. If neither of your hubs has an uplink port, you need a crossover
> cable in series with your long cable. They can be purchased for about
> the same price as a regular Cat5 cable. Or you can construct one if you
> have the right crimper using instructions on the Linksys site (among
> others).
>
> HTH
>

BTW, some of the newer switches/hubs will autosense when a crossover
connection is needed and provide it automatically. You could add one
of those between the two hubs you have, and it would sort things out.
But the crossover cable should be cheaper.

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On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 02:20:50 GMT, CJT wrote in aus.computers:

> Some hubs have something identified as an "uplink" port (or a port
> that can be switched to behave as either an uplink port or regular
> one). If yours does, connect that on one end with a regular port on
> the other end.

Alternatively, and if the shed isn't that close to the house, you could
buy a "wireless bridge" which will bridge the two hubs.

Most switches nowadays have uplink ports though -- are they labelled as
switches or hubs (sound like hubs if they're 12-port).

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4000 psi <nospam@for_me.com> wrote in message
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> you'll need a cross-over cable to connect hub to hub

Not with hubs that have an automatic sense of cable type.

> its basically a regular ethernet cable with a couple
> of pins reversed ... do a search in google for cross-over
> cabling pin out and you'll see what you need to do
> to the cable to make it work with 2 hubs


> "Possum" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:WaJLb.3492$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > i have two computers out in my shed connected to a 12 port hub and i
> > have a laptop and another computer concted to another 12 port hub in the
> > house. how can i get the computers to talk to the computer is the house. i
> > have a network lead runing from the house to the shed. where abouts is is
> it
> > ment to go in to the hubs?
> > The computers i have in the house are setup like this, the laptop is
> in
> > port 1 and the Desktop computer is in port 2, ( the laptop is running XP
> > Home and the computer is running win 2000 pro, they can't see each other
> yet
> > as to i'm unsure how to set xp and win 2000 up to see each other).
> > In the shed computer 1 is in port 5 and the computer 2 is in port 6.
> > (etc, etc)
> >
> > so where do i put the network lead that is in the middle of the hubs.
> i
> > tryed putting them in port 12 at each hub and they did'nt work. there is
> and
> > extension plug (in and out plug) an RS-232 male plug and a thin Lan plug.
> >
> > if any one can help me here please, it would be really good.
> >
> >
>
>

>On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 02:20:50 GMT, CJT wrote in aus.computers:
>
>> Some hubs have something identified as an "uplink" port (or a port
>> that can be switched to behave as either an uplink port or regular
>> one). If yours does, connect that on one end with a regular port on
>> the other end.

see www.ozcableguy.com for networking information.

Rod Speed wrote:

> 4000 psi <nospam@for_me.com> wrote in message
> news:EiJLb.427814$J77.42774@fed1read07...
>
>
>>you'll need a cross-over cable to connect hub to hub
>
>
> Not with hubs that have an automatic sense of cable type.

True, but he already said it didn't work when he simply connected them,
so apparently his don't auto-sense.

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CJT <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Rod Speed wrote
>> 4000 psi <nospam@for_me.com> wrote

>>> you'll need a cross-over cable to connect hub to hub

>> Not with hubs that have an automatic sense of cable type.

> True, but he already said it didn't work when he simply
> connected them, so apparently his don't auto-sense.

You dont know that. The other possibility is the
networking setup given that its a mixed OS config.

Connect the uplink port of one hub to any ethernet socket in the other hub.
That's all there is to it.