On 10 Oct 99, at 23:06, Carl McGarry wrote:

> Thank you for reiterating my comments. ;) As indicated, he does need
> to have a crossover at some point in between his terminals.

  I *thought* I was correcting you; I must have misunderstood something.

> Furthermore, he has indicated that he can see each computer on its own
> Network N. but neither can see the other, which leads me to believe
> that he has a physical network issue. Perhaps I have misread his info?

  Walter has informed me privately that he has resolved the problem.
He was using some kind of female-female couple to extend the
connection from the hub to one PC, using a second CAT5 cable as an
extension.  This female-female connector appears to have been
defective -- as you say, a physical network issue.

David G

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