William Hooper wrote: > On Dec 12, 2007 3:07 PM, Karl Larsen <k5di@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > [snip] >> First your talking about ethernet cards. They usually mate with a >> standard cable which in the USA we call it a category 5 cable available >> everywhere. It is white and has plastic large telephone connector on it, >> or you buy an expensive crimper and put the connectors on as you like. > > Wow. And I thought all of these red, blue, yellow, green, gray, etc. > cables I have were category 5 cable, too. Please stop talking now, > Karl, you obviously didn't do the research that I suggested previously > so that we could talk about things using the proper terms. The color > of the cable and what ends it has on it say absolutely nothing about > the electrical characteristics of the cable. > You forgot the two wiring standards for plug/jack wiring. ;) Then again, I have connected 10 Mbit Ethernet devices using Category 3 cables and connectors. I have also used Category 6 cables. I guess I was doing it wrong... >> The problem seemed to be the cable was wrong and you got no >> Internet. But I gather on another laptop you DO get the Internet. I didn't think the OP was getting an Internet connection from ether laptop. > > Again, you are the only one talking about the Internet. Please stop. > >> So >> there does seem to be a cable problem. The OP indicated that one NIC was using 10 Mbit and the other 100 Mbit, and he needed the 100 Mbit NIC to use 10 Mbit instead. That does not sound like a cable problem to me. > > The OP has said that they tried both a cross over cable and a straight > cable without success, so there must be some other issue. > Unfortunately, it looks like it the solution is most likely one that > those of us on the list won't be able to help with. > It sounds like Karl thinks the only thing you use a NIC for is connecting to the Internet. Strange - when I backup my sister-in-law's POS machines, there is not Internet connection involved, even though I am using an Ethernet connection. (I have to use a hub - the 10 Mbit NICs on the POS machines do not like crossover cables.) I wonder if that is what the OP was trying to do? I just remembered that I could make a crossover cable connection work if I turned off link beet detection on the NIC, and pre-set it to 10 Mbit, half-duplex before I plugged the cable in. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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