Hello George!
Sunday March 29 1998 09:34, George Fliger wrote to John Aldrich:
 GF> Sounds to me like your partner has a hub that doesn't support crossover.
It's not a cross-over cable...he uses a standard cable with an adapter to 
connect two systems together directly. :)
 GF> Most hubs have at least one port that can be set for either
 GF> straight-through or crossover -- usually by having two jacks wired to
 GF> the same port number (one straight one "Xed") or some type of toggle
 GF> switch to accomplish the same.  I have run into a few cheap ones that
 GF> required the use of a crossover cable to make the initial connection to
 GF> the hub with the remaining connections being done with straight-through
 GF> cables.  You'll have to check the hub's documentation to see how
 GF> crossover is handled.
Hmm....that's something I've never heard of...but doesn't surprise me... :)
 GF> If that doesn't solve the connection problem it's a good possibility the
 GF> hub has a problem or you got hold of a bad cable.
Well, he used the same cable WITHOUT the cross-over adapter and it didn't 
work...*shrug*
      John
... Shall I sing you to sleep, after the lovin'?
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