1)
ok now at the moment in this office i have 2 8 port 10/100 hubs they are uplinked but not at full capacity, i ran some cable downstairs to add 2 users to the network cat5e cable and wall outlets . patched them in and nothing they couldnt get a ip address or do anything but all the lights on the hub were on and the cards looked like they were getting traffic.
the cables are at the most 30 - 40 foot long so i dont think its a length issue, so i ran more cable to see if it was a wiring problem still no go.
so i found an old 3com superstack 10 mb hub and uplinked it to the original hub with a crossover cable and the bloody machines downstairs worked?????
so do u think its a power problem ? ie the original hubs lacking in power to relay the signal to hub no2 and then to the server ??? so by adding a 240volt superstack hub it had enough power because the 10/100 hub is a 9volt jobby.
Or am i barking up the wrong tree?and have maybe missed something. (i tryed changing the cards to full and half duplex as well)
so what could have gone wrong?
2)
ok so i am thinking to add more users in the future and am thinking about putting in a stackable 10/100 24 port switch with a patch panel etc will i still run into the same problem ? I will remove all the other hubs in the circuit and relay all new cabling. But i dont want to do this if i am still going to have the problem...
please suggest all you think i should now or look at or think aboutr getting.....
your help is apprieciated
nd thanks in advance
ok now at the moment in this office i have 2 8 port 10/100 hubs they are uplinked but not at full capacity, i ran some cable downstairs to add 2 users to the network cat5e cable and wall outlets . patched them in and nothing they couldnt get a ip address or do anything but all the lights on the hub were on and the cards looked like they were getting traffic.
the cables are at the most 30 - 40 foot long so i dont think its a length issue, so i ran more cable to see if it was a wiring problem still no go.
so i found an old 3com superstack 10 mb hub and uplinked it to the original hub with a crossover cable and the bloody machines downstairs worked?????
so do u think its a power problem ? ie the original hubs lacking in power to relay the signal to hub no2 and then to the server ??? so by adding a 240volt superstack hub it had enough power because the 10/100 hub is a 9volt jobby.
Or am i barking up the wrong tree?and have maybe missed something. (i tryed changing the cards to full and half duplex as well)
so what could have gone wrong?
2)
ok so i am thinking to add more users in the future and am thinking about putting in a stackable 10/100 24 port switch with a patch panel etc will i still run into the same problem ? I will remove all the other hubs in the circuit and relay all new cabling. But i dont want to do this if i am still going to have the problem...
please suggest all you think i should now or look at or think aboutr getting.....
your help is apprieciated
nd thanks in advance