Hi Russ,

The cable is NOT a crossover cable and yes I was trying to
connect the 2 computers directly. Also I see now that I was
misusing the term peer to peer thinking it implied a direct
connection.

Thanks ever so much for solving this problem so fast.

Michael Eisenstadt

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Russ Poffenberger" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 8:48 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] ethernet peer to peer problem


> Hi Michael,
>
> Do you mean that you are connecting the cable directly between the two
> systems with no hub or switch in between? If so, then you need a special
> crossover type ethernet cable, a regular cable won't work.
>
> If you do have a hub or switch, then make sure you aren't connecting to an
> "uplink" port on the hub/switch.
>
> Russ Poffenberger
> [log in to unmask]
>
> At 06:19 AM 1/6/2005, you wrote:
>>I am trying to network between 2 computers.
>>
>>One has a D-Link DFE-30TX NIC card installed
>>in PCI slot #1. This is on an Asus P2B board.
>>The OS is Win 98SE.
>>
>>The other computer has onboard nVidia LAN.
>>This is an Asus A7N8X-X board. The OS
>>is Win XP Pro on one of its harddrives, the
>>other harddrive OS in this box is Win 98SE.
>>I can switch between harddrives by rebooting.
>>
>>Both computers report "unconnected cable"
>>although there is a brand new cable connecting
>>the ethernet ports. In the D-Link diagnostic
>>test, the card tests pass for NIC register,
>>MII regester and EEPROM. The diagnostic
>>reports NO network connection.
>>
>>I have tried different IRQs. Oddly the AGP
>>video card reassigns its IRQ to whatever
>>IRQ I choose for the D-Link card.
>>
>>Also this Win 98SE drive is using FAT16.
>>
>>My question: am I dealing with a software
>>configuration problem or is the brand new
>>CAT5e network cable defective or
>>incompatible?
>>
>>Thanks in advance for any suggestions you
>>might have.
>>
>>Michael Eisenstadt

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