Hello all - My new desktop LAN switch have 1 up-port and 5 down-ports. If I connect my cable-Modem to the up-port and my PC to the down-port it doesn't work. If I connect both to the down-ports it works? So my question is: What is the difference between up and down plugs? Only crossing the cable lines? The same difference as in the patch cable crossed and not crossed version? Or is a form of priority or special routing implemented on the up-port?
BTW: How does the switch knows where the packets have to go?
regards - Henry