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Re: An odd problem with an Ethernet connection.



On Fri, Aug 27, 1999 at 07:26:29PM +0300, shaul wrote:
> > - 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 ?

No, it's fine. Are the other wires not connected? Are you sure there
are no shorts? Is it a CAT-5 cable? (checking it with a scanner would
be nice if you have access to one :)

> > - 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.

Sorry, other than this and perhaps trying another cable I've no
more ideas :-(

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