Re: 9.2 Networking/Internet
From: Russell Bungay (bigmaddrongo_at_yahoo.co.uk)
Date: 11/30/04
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Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 15:20:03 +0000
Bruce A. Mallett wrote:
>> ethernet port to the uplink port of my hub. From the standard ports
>> of the hub run two pieces of cat5, the first of which goes upstairs to
>> the switch to which are connected my housemate's three computers, the
>> second of which goes directly to the ethernet port on my laptop. All
>> of the computers work fine and communicate with the router under Windows.
> Perchance have you tried plugging it into the switch that is upstairs?
> And is it a real switch? If the downstairs is a 10baseT HUB and your
> system boots up the ethernet in 100baseT mode then it won't work. Other
> things like full/half duplex may muck it up as well.
> There are ways of specifying to the network module options to force the
> card into a particular mode. You might want to research that as well.
> But the easiest thing to try is to plug into the switch. Assuming that
> it really is a switch.
Thank you, I shall give that a go when my housemate gets home (it is in
his room :)
R
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