Luke <clairst@uiuc.edu> wrote:
> 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...

It may be that one of the NICs is auto-sensing, but since you're using
Realtek cards, we can discount that possibility, I think.

It's possible I guess that it's not getting a link because it's been
forced not to autonegotiate, what does mii-tool tell you? Mine says the
following, note how it says "negotiated"

eth0: negotiated 100baseTx-FD flow-control, link ok

You don't really have to _add_ extra hardware, although if the cable
you're using is long, you could just get someone to make a short piece
of crossover cable and connect it with a cable extender (a very useful
thing to carry in a laptop bag)

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Cameron Kerr
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