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Date:      Sun, 07 Jan 2001 22:00:02 -0400
From:      "Jeroen C. van Gelderen" <jeroen@vangelderen.org>
To:        "David W. Chapman Jr." <dwcjr@inethouston.net>, David Kelly <dkelly@grumpy.dyndns.org>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Intel PRO/100+ driver or hardware? 
Message-ID:  <271170000.978919202@grolsch.ai>
In-Reply-To: <00c901c07906$2df88400$931576d8@inethouston.net>

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--On Sunday, January 07, 2001 18:01:41 -0600 "David W. Chapman Jr." 
<dwcjr@inethouston.net> wrote:

> I've had a problem like this also with the cabling, where it worked fine
> with a 10mbps card but the 100mbps card would detect 100, but only really
> work at 10mbps(due to bad wiring/bad cabling).  Are the rest of your cards
> that do work 10mbps?
>
>> > Anybody care to point out the obvious bits I've missed?
>>
>> I've seen "impossible" network problems like this traced to a bad
>> ethernet cable. One system ran fine for a year until I had to sit in
>> front of it for 5 mintues. Problem was its "CAT 5" cable was connected
>> 1:1, and not with the wires properly paired.

Ta for the suggestion, but I'm pretty sure the cables are okay. I've tried 
multiple sets and all of the cables work fine at 100Mbps FX when plugged 
into the switch but they don't work when plugged into a 10Mb hub :-(

Cheers,
Jeroen


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