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Re: An odd problem with an Ethernet connection.



> On Fri, Aug 27, 1999 at 12:13:17AM +0300, shaul wrote:
> 
> > I have 2 Ethernet devices that are connected by a NULL Ethernet cable.
> > My problem with it is that unless I plug out the cable while the system 
> > boots and plug it in later, the devices do not speak with each other.
> 
> - What is the wiring on your cable?
> 

1A - 3B
2A - 6B
3A - 1B
6A - 2B

Is 3m long too much for this sort of cable ?


> - Try having the NIC drivers compilied as modules, see whether an
>   ifdown, rmmod, insmod, ifup cycle helps. With any luck the module
>   insertion will send a hardware reset to the NIC.
> 

Does not seem to help.
I also tried (ISOLATE CLEAR) in the /etc/isapnp.conf, which does not help 
either.







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