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| Thread ID: 32308 | 2003-04-15 05:03:00 | 2 network questions.. | rayonline (2134) | Press F1 |
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| 135947 | 2003-04-16 09:14:00 | cable was bought from DSE. i got a weblink and checked the wires. seems ok www.netspec.com i will ask them to do a cable test sometime. hopefully i not need to go to the hub solution at home wif only 2PCs. |
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| 135948 | 2003-04-16 22:13:00 | i rather not use a hueb, since when i travel i have to bring this damn hub wif me too. with a hub is to possible to ping it to check that (1) PC - like using it as a loopback cable. if so how to?? |
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| 135949 | 2003-04-17 03:29:00 | A hub is "transparent". It doesn't exist on the network, unless it's a big and expensive managed one, which will have an IP address so it can be administered remotely. Some even have a serial console port. Switches would be the same. A desperation effort: take the crossover cable to work, and try it instead of the straight one. If it works, it's not a crossover. :D Sometimes cables are labelled wrongly. I don't like crossover cables ... they introduce confusion. Anyone else who has worked with the RS232 nonstandard will know why I feel like that. ;-) :_| |
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| 135950 | 2003-04-17 07:08:00 | Graham, Yes, the cable is a crossover . I have tried it at work . Yes, i was told to use a router to test the card . this i cannot afford :( however i was desperate to do another test: ============== using the same crossover cable Desktop with win2k, PCI 3Com etherlink 3 10 card . Laptop with win2k, builtin 3Com onboard LAN . When I ping: Desktop to laptop I got request time out, 100% loss . Laptop to desktop I got 0% loss, all fine . The disconnect/connect flashes on taskbar always happened on the laptop, the taskbar was always connected on the desktop . even now when the desktop has the cable taken off - ?? This is both dynamic Ip and static . I changed the PCI card to generic 10 LAN card on a different PCI slot . win2k called the card a realtek . Desktop was connected . Laptop was disconnected always . Ping was then no way possible . This is both dynamic IP address and static . My static settings: Desktop: 192 . 168 . 0 . 2 (IP) 255 . 255 . 255 . 0 (subnet mask) 192 . 168 . 0 . 1 (default gateway) LAptop 192 . 168 . 0 . 1 (IP)255 . 255 . 255 . 0 (subnet mask) 192 . 168 . 0 . 1 (default gateway) |
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| 135951 | 2003-04-17 07:11:00 | the laptop lan card has problems restarting, so i have to shutdown then start up again. i know its the lan card. since b4 i upgraded it it was fine. when i added the lan this thing happened. if i take the lan card out now, it will restart fine.... Rayonline |
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