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Cisco 819 Integrated Services Router Hardware Installation Guide
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Chapter 3      Connecting the Router
  Connecting an External Ethernet Switch
To connect an external Ethernet switch to an Ethernet switch port on the router, complete the following 
steps:
Step 1 Connect one end of the yellow Ethernet cable to an Ethernet switch port on the router. (See Figure 3-2.)
Figure 3-2 Connecting to an Ethernet Switch
Step 2 Connect the other end of the cable to the available port on the Ethernet switch to add additional Ethernet 
connections.
Step 3 Turn on the Ethernet switch.
1  Ethernet switch port on the router 3 Yellow CAT5 Ethernet cable, 
RJ-45–to–RJ-45, connecting to an external 
Ethernet switch port
2 Available port on the external Ethernet switch
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