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    Need Help with Home Lan Switching

    I figured it out I unplugged all the ethernet cables from the Cisco switch. I found the right serial port, ttyS1, and installed minicom. I set up minicom and plugged in the console cable. I started minicom as root, then plugged in the switch to turn it on. Presto, I'm watching it boot...
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    Need Help with Home Lan Switching

    Eureka! You were both on to something. I think I was trying to turn cheap switches into routers and "repeaters" (one 50' cable will cover my apartment, wall to wall, and along corners and over windows, but I have been known to use a couple of couplings to connect freebie cat5 patch cables.)...
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    Need Help with Home Lan Switching

    As in, I try one patch cable and the lights blink, so I try another in the same ports and see if it blinks as well?
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    Need Help with Home Lan Switching

    I ran out of ethernet ports on my cableco provided Surfboard cable modem/wifi router, so I bought 2 consumer-grade D-Link Gbit switches. With half my LAN in one room, with the other half and the gateway in another, I figured I'd daisy-chain them and plug in the whole LAN and it'd be cheaper...
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