On 2004-01-12, Cameron Kerr <cameron.kerr@paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> Luke <clairst@uiuc.edu> wrote:
>
>> Oh, and I meant to reiterate that I used the same cat 5 cable, the same
>> nic, the same client setup successfully just moments ago and after
>> testing with a linksys router as well...
>
> And did it work?

Look above. "I used the same cat 5 cable, the same nic, the same client
setup sucessfully"

>
> Look at the pinning of the two ends of the cable. If they are not the
> same (one starts with green, the other orange), then its a crossover
> cable.

No, its not a crossover cable. Is there a way to make this work using
just standard cat5? Its not sounding like it, without adding extra
hardware...

>
> Is there a link? Do the NICs have a link-light on? What is the output of
> mii-tool. That should tell you for sure if there is a link, and what
> type it is, whether its been autonegotiated etc.
>

If you read the origianl post, you'd know that the link light does not come on.


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