Max is a network technician who just terminated the ends on a new copper cable used between two legacy switches. When he connects the two switches together using the cable, they fail to establish a connection. What is MOST likely the issue?

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2 January, 06:00

Max is a network technician who just terminated the ends on a new copper cable used between two legacy switches. When he connects the two switches together using the cable, they fail to establish a connection. What is MOST likely the issue?

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Franklin Wang · Answer 1

The cable used is a straight through cable.

Explanation:

The cable used here is a straight through cable, that is why it fails to establish the connection.

Cross-over cables are used to communicate over legacy switch. It is used to connect computing devices directly.

In a cross over cable, signal gets transmit from one end of the device to the other.