From: Dave Airlie (david.airlie at domain ul.ie)
Date: Thu 06 May 1999 - 11:19:03 IST
> >
> > Nothing. Nada. Zilch. Not a squeak. Ping just sits there and reports
> > 100% packet loss like An Post on a bad day. Like they weren't even
> > connected. The embarrassing thing is that I've done this a dozen times
> > before with mixed hosts but never with two identical OS versions :-)
>
> I've seen older 3com cards that required DOS setup software to
> select the cable type. Perhaps the 3c509 is still configured for UTP.
> Get a crossover UTP cable and try it.
Linux utils exist to do this job .. no need to drop back to DOS, get
3c5x9utils from any Redhat RPM contrib site if you use RH, install it and
you can configure the BNC/AUI/RJ45 to your hearts content ..
Dave.
>
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