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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?

- 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.

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