Cisco WAE-674-K9 - Wide Area Application Engine 674 Hardware Installation Manual page 70

Inline Network Adapter Cabling Requirements
Table 5-4
Connection
Switch to switch (no WAE)
Switch to router (no WAE)
Router to router (no WAE)
Switch to WAE and
WAE to Router
Switch to WAE and
WAE to Switch
Router to WAE and
WAE to Router
WAE to WAE
Connect Fast Ethernet ports on both the LAN and the WAN sides of the WAE
Step 2
inline appliance by using the following cable types:
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Cable Requirements for WAE Connections Using Fast Ethernet
On the LAN side of the connection, use a straight-through cable between the
WAE inline appliance and the network device.
On the WAN side of the connection, use the cable that is different from the
cable that you would use to connect the two network devices directly (as
determined in Step 1).
For example, if you are connecting a router and a switch (two different
devices) through the WAE inline appliance, use a straight-through cable on
the LAN side of the connection and use a crossover cable on the WAN side
of the connection. (If you were connecting the two different devices directly,
you would use a straight-through cable, so use the crossover cable instead.)
If you are connecting two switches (or two similar devices), use
straight-through cables on both the LAN and the WAN sides of the WAE
inline appliance.
Figure 5-3 through Figure 5-5
and WAN connections between Fast Ethernet ports.
Chapter 5 WAE Inline Network Adapter
Required Cable
Crossover
Straight-through
Crossover
Straight-through
Crossover
Straight-through
Straight-through
Straight-through
Straight-through
Crossover
show which cables to use for the WAE LAN
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