Straight-thru or crossover?

I have 2 Linksys BEFW11S4 WAP routers. One is v3, the other v4. V3 is the
main, v4 is in the garage. I would like to connect them together so I can
roam from the house to the yard to the garage. Do I use straight-thru or
crossover cable? T-568A connectors or T-568B? Do I use #4 port (1-3 are
being used) on the v3 to the #1 port on the v4? I've already set the v4 to
a different IP and DHCP is disabled. Am I missing anything?

Hope everyone's Turkey Day was great.
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Gainesville, FL
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On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 12:47:35 -0500, "Louie"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I have 2 Linksys BEFW11S4 WAP routers. One is v3, the other v4. V3 is the
>main, v4 is in the garage. I would like to connect them together so I can
>roam from the house to the yard to the garage. Do I use straight-thru or
>crossover cable? T-568A connectors or T-568B? Do I use #4 port (1-3 are
>being used) on the v3 to the #1 port on the v4? I've already set the v4 to
>a different IP and DHCP is disabled. Am I missing anything?
>
>Hope everyone's Turkey Day was great.

It's the day after the Day of the Turkeys and the phone won't stop
ringing. It seems all the kids have decided to "help" the parents
with their computahs. Why me?

What you wanna do is convert one of the BEFW11S4 boxes from a router
to an access point. You say you've already done this so I won't go
into the steps. The cable goes between one of the LAN ports on one
BEFW11S4 to one of the LAN ports on the other BEFW11S4. The one
that's playing access point should NOT have anything shoved into the
WAN port.

I wasn't sure if my BEFW11S4v4 has auto polarity (or whatever it's
called) on the LAN ports. So, I tried it and it doesn't. Nor is
there an MDI/MDI-X switch or extra connector. Therefore, you will
need to use a cross over ethernet cable. I suggest you NOT purchase a
cross over cable. Use an ordinary ethernet cable and build (or buy)
an adapter. The easiest way is to buy an ethernet jack "extension".
That's a female to female RJ45 connector wired 1:1 on the pins. Then,
build yourself a short ethernet cable wired normally on one end, and
cross-over on the other end. Instant adapter.

Of course, you just buy one or more of these:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/tools/7470/
Wear one on your keychain and look like a cool geek.

It doesn't matter if you chose EIA-568A or 568B. It's strictly a
color coding standard. To a continuity tester, they're identical.
However, you should be absolutly shure that both ends of a cable are
wired to the same color coding standard. You can also mix 568A and
568B in a system with no difficulty.

Drivel: I once did a wiring job in a medical office building. I
worked in the wiring closet, while my accomplis worked at the various
wall jacks. I wired 568B while he wired 568A. Nothing worked until
we tossed a coin and agreed upon a common wiring standard for both
ends of the cable.

--
Jeff Liebermann (E-Mail Removed)
150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558

"Jeff Liebermann" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 12:47:35 -0500, "Louie"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >I have 2 Linksys BEFW11S4 WAP routers. One is v3, the other v4. V3 is
the
> >main, v4 is in the garage. I would like to connect them together so I
can
> >roam from the house to the yard to the garage. Do I use straight-thru or
> >crossover cable? T-568A connectors or T-568B? Do I use #4 port (1-3 are
> >being used) on the v3 to the #1 port on the v4? I've already set the v4
to
> >a different IP and DHCP is disabled. Am I missing anything?
> >
> >Hope everyone's Turkey Day was great.
>
> It's the day after the Day of the Turkeys and the phone won't stop
> ringing. It seems all the kids have decided to "help" the parents
> with their computahs. Why me?
>
> What you wanna do is convert one of the BEFW11S4 boxes from a router
> to an access point. You say you've already done this so I won't go
> into the steps. The cable goes between one of the LAN ports on one
> BEFW11S4 to one of the LAN ports on the other BEFW11S4. The one
> that's playing access point should NOT have anything shoved into the
> WAN port.
>
> I wasn't sure if my BEFW11S4v4 has auto polarity (or whatever it's
> called) on the LAN ports. So, I tried it and it doesn't. Nor is
> there an MDI/MDI-X switch or extra connector. Therefore, you will
> need to use a cross over ethernet cable. I suggest you NOT purchase a
> cross over cable. Use an ordinary ethernet cable and build (or buy)
> an adapter. The easiest way is to buy an ethernet jack "extension".
> That's a female to female RJ45 connector wired 1:1 on the pins. Then,
> build yourself a short ethernet cable wired normally on one end, and
> cross-over on the other end. Instant adapter.
>
> Of course, you just buy one or more of these:
> http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/tools/7470/
> Wear one on your keychain and look like a cool geek.
>
> It doesn't matter if you chose EIA-568A or 568B. It's strictly a
> color coding standard. To a continuity tester, they're identical.
> However, you should be absolutly shure that both ends of a cable are
> wired to the same color coding standard. You can also mix 568A and
> 568B in a system with no difficulty.
>
> Drivel: I once did a wiring job in a medical office building. I
> worked in the wiring closet, while my accomplis worked at the various
> wall jacks. I wired 568B while he wired 568A. Nothing worked until
> we tossed a coin and agreed upon a common wiring standard for both
> ends of the cable.
>
> --
> Jeff Liebermann (E-Mail Removed)
> 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
> Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com
> Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558

Done & done. Thanks, Jeff! Went with the A config and everything's working
great.
--
Louie
Gainesville, FL
(eat the flies to email)

"Of course, that's just my opinion, I could be wrong."
Dennis Miller