Cisco Systems 611 Manual De Usuario

Connect Fast Ethernet ports on both the LAN and the WAN sides of the WAE 
inline appliance by using the following cable types:

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 

). 

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.

 through 

 show the cables to use for the WAE LAN 

and WAN connections between Fast Ethernet ports.

WAE appliances can be installed physically between two network devices (such 
as the branch office router and branch office LAN switch) by connecting the WAE 
inline network adapter ports to the network devices using the proper cables.

If you are connecting a WAE inline appliance between two devices using Gigabit 
Ethernet, you can use either straight-through cables, crossover cables, or any 
combination of the two cable types, regardless of the type of device. This section 
shows cabling examples for Fast Ethernet connections only, because Fast Ethernet 
has specific cabling requirements.

The inline network adapter has four ports that are divided into two inline groups 
(see the 

). The WAE can be 

physically placed inline between two distinct network paths, creating redundant 
WAN links. (See 

.)