What Is the Uplink Port on a Network Switch?

In this video, we discuss how the term "uplink" in various scenarios, what an uplink port is specifically, and how it can be used as part of a home network.

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Contents of this video:
0:00 - Introduction
0:24 - What is an uplink?
2:12 - What is a downlink?
2:39 - What is an uplink port?
3:22 - What is an uplink port used for?
5:52 - When should the uplink port not be used?
6:30 - What is a crossover cable?
7:37 - What is a dual-purpose port?
8:07 - Wrap up

About Chris:

[vanagskristaps]

great video!
More videos of equipment and demos would be really appreciated.

[justinfarrell]

Man this video was great! Really well explained

[CRAZYRACINGDUDE]

Excellent information and explained perfectly. Now I know how to correctly connect my switch into my network….Cheers dude👍

[timolsen]

I learned a lot from watching your video. Thank you!

[jdtoledo]

good video, may i suggest you put graphical representation of the things you are talking about on one side of the screen for better understanding? more power to your channel bro.

[markangelocrueta]

Very informative, very much appriciated

[tinamcgee]

Thank you for the info much appreciated now I get it👍

[josericardoganiko]

Hi, i have a NAS with port 10Gb, can to connect in the port uplink 10Gb CISCO switch CBS220, CBS250 there are 4 ports uplink, or this ports are specific to stacking switchs?

[Crivoh]

Okay so if I want a fanless poe switch I just need to find one that has an uplink port so I can connect a 24 fanless switch to a poe+ 8 port switch? To have good 1g up and down speed

[bridges]

Great video. So we can connect an adsl modem to the uplink RJ45 and it will provide for expansion of 8 pc's. I have the CNET CN8800TPC with an uplink port, 8 ether net ports and a BNC connector.
Thanks

[scottspa]

From the one reply I see in the comments section, it looks like i don't need to buy a network module for uplink ports for the cisco 3850 I just got in order to connect it to my router so that all regular ports get internet connectivity. Is that correct?

[ericslusarz]

Could you explain MDIX auto and how it "knows" what device is what?

[MrSensat]

Great video, keep it up, do a video on vlans ✌️

[pickledpigknuckles]

Routing a Cat5 out of the uplink port where is it going to?

[judgedredd]

If a 5-port switch has 4 x PoE ports and an Uplink port can I use the Uplink port as the input and plug the cable coming from the router? Or do I have to use one of the PoE ports as the input?

[smaitthew]

These are great videos. If I add a managed switch to a router, would I connect from a LAN port on router to the uplink port of managed switch? I gather it should be a LAN port of a switch, but I’d like to know the reason why that is the case as opposed to the uplink port. I can’t find this information anywhere.

[DrownerG]

can someone comment the link for uplink i dont want to download a virus

[ibrahimsaburi]

If it was practically done would have been great, good presentation though

[HJBProductionsLLC]

The basic question I have is, if you have ...let's say a 5 port switch with an uplink port, which of the ports do you connect the switch to your router with?

[kamaranrauf]

I wish you would use some diagrams to help explain.