Re: TI-H: Re: networking

To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: Re: TI-H: Re: networking
From: Gary Marsh <gmarsh@thezone.net>
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 02:39:29 -0330 (NST)
In-Reply-To: <005101bf49ce$c2311370$0100a8c0@dew>
Reply-To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org



On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Daniel Wood wrote:

> thats interesting
> i wired my house with cat5 twisted pair and i made all the connectors the
> same(1->1, 2->2, etc) when cutting  and crimping.
> 
> did i do something wrong(it works)?

Connect 1->1, 2->2 etc... but pairs 1,2 3,6 4,5 7,8 should be twisted,
this could be your problem with 100mbs and/or a long cable.

> my hub is a linksys autosensing 10/100 hub
> 
> 2 comps are running @ 100megabit while one is running @ 10mb(his comp will
> not use the pci pnp 3com 100mb cards, something screwy with windows98 and
> the irq's)

What chipset's in the computer? I've heard of similar problems using VIA
MVP chipset motherboards, if you've got one of them hop on www.viatech.com
and grab a new 'IRQ routing miniport driver'.

- Gary Marsh, gmarsh@thezone.net

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TI-H: Re: networking

From: "Daniel Wood" <thedew@usit.net>