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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 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.

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.

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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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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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