Chapter 1 Introducing the Cisco Wide Area Application Engine
Hardware Features
Table 1-9 Cable Requirements for WAE Connections Using Gigabit
Ethernet (continued)
Connection | Required Cable |
| |
Router to router (no WAE) | Crossover or Straight-through |
| |
Switch to WAE and | Crossover or Straight-through |
| |
WAE to Router | Crossover or Straight-through |
| |
Switch to WAE and | Crossover or Straight-through |
| |
WAE to Switch | Crossover or Straight-through |
| |
Router to WAE and | Crossover or Straight-through |
| |
WAE to Router | Crossover or Straight-through |
| |
WAE to WAE | Crossover or Straight-through |
| |
Some switches support automatic medium-dependent interface crossover (MDIX). You can configure MDIX by using the mdix auto global configuration switch command. If your switch supports MDIX, you do not need to follow these cabling rules because MDIX automatically adjusts transmit and receive pairs when an incorrect cable type (crossover or straight-through) is installed on a 10/100 Fast Ethernet port. However, when you configure MDIX, you must also configure the port to use autosense (not manual selection of speed/duplex).
Caution If you are connecting to Fast Ethernet ports on both the LAN and the WAN sides of the WAE inline appliance, you must consider the types of devices that are being connected, and you must use the correct cables. You must follow these cabling instructions for the inline network adapter to work properly. (See Table 1-10. For illustrations and examples, see the “Installation Scenarios and Cabling Examples for Fast Ethernet Connections” section on page 1-22.)
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