David,

The lights are working correctly.  The green light should be lit all
the time, indicating it is connected to the network.  Which in your case,
means that even though you did not use the correct wiring spec, the cable
*IS* good.

The red LED should flicker as data is transmitted out and received in.

What you are seeing is the NIC (card) trying to talk to the other PCs
on the network.  Basically it keeps sending "Hello, is anyone there?"
and it isn't getting an answer.

I don't believe that you have a hardware problem because the green LED
stays lit all the time.  I think your problem in the network configuration
for this one PC.  REcheck all the settings for the network -- workgroup
name,
network protocol, client service, etc.

Jim Meagher
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of David A Abbe
> Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 1998 6:18 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] was Twisted Cabling RJ45 Connectors
>
>
> To continue the saga,
> ok, i wired as follows, and will change it.....
> white orange
> orange
> white blue
> blue
> white green
> green
> white brown    (looks red to me)
> brown.
>
> everything is fine on the other machines.  * BUT *  on this 486 machine i
> am now trying to hook up.....  i installed an ether 16 card, installed
> the correct software as on the others and it still won't work.  so after
> digging around i noticed one of the lights on the card flickers, at best.
>  there are two lights, one is constant, the other, no matter how much i
> play with it will only attain a flicker.  not a solid light.  i am so
> sorry i don't know the correct definitions for you.  On the hub, i have
> yet to see a connection status for this 486.  i have noticed that these
> connectors, at best, are not tight fitting as i would have surmised but
> it is like that on the other systems with pre-fab cables and connectors.
>
>
> in network neighborhood all i can see is this computer.  the other
> computers can't see this machine.
>
> this is a 486 with 12meg running win95A.  (by the way)
>
> i pulled the card out and reseated it again, re-installed everything a
> few times, cried alot, cursed, prayed, and i don't know what to do next.
>
>
> at this point i think that the connection itself on the card is to blame.
>
>
> what next??
> thank you all very much.
> David A. Abbe
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>
>
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