phil prentice wrote: > Hi everyone > > The first thing I would like to say is thank you all very much for your > suggestions. I've tryed various different types of cable and played around > with the settings using ethtool, but to no avail. I think the writings on > the wall for me to use the other laptop that already works. I just thought > that there might be some easy solution to the problem (which there might be, > but I think its going to take me a long time for me to find it). Its been > interesting though and slightly frustrating, but at least I have got a > solution(use the other laptop). > > THANKS AGAIN > > Phil > Hi Phil, I am sorry we couldn't get you up and running. I take it that ethtool couldn't set the NIC in the laptop to 10 Mbit, half-duplex. One thing you may want to keep your eyes open for is a cheep 10 Mbit or 10/100 Mbit hub. I have a small 5 port hub I keep around for connecting things together. It does meen I need one more cable, but I find it works better then a crossover cable. I have run into too many devices that don't work well with a crossover cable unless you manually tweak things, but will work fine when plugged into a hub. (Some devices will not produce a link beet until they get one.) Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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