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Chapter 4 Router Cabling Procedures
Connecting an External Ethernet Switch (Optional)
Perform the following steps to connect the PC (or other Ethernet devices) to a port on the built-in
Ethernet switch.
Caution
Leave the PCs turned off until after you have completed all connections to the router.
Step 1
Connect one end of the yellow Ethernet cable to a built-in Ethernet switch port on the router.
Step 2
Connect the other end of the cable to the RJ-45 port on the NIC installed in the PC, server, or
workstation.
Step 3
(Optional) Connect additional servers, PCs, or workstations to the other built-in Ethernet switch ports.
Connecting an External Ethernet Switch (Optional)
If more than four PCs need to be connected to each other in an office, you may connect an external
Ethernet switch to the router’s built-in switch to add additional Ethernet connections to the router.
Although
Figure 4-7
shows a Cisco 871 router, the procedure in this section applies to all Cisco 850
series and Cisco 870 series routers.
To connect an external Ethernet switch to a built-in Ethernet switch port on the router, follow the steps
given after
Figure 4-7
, which shows this connection.
