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Hi all

I am looking for help with a networking prob.
I have just tried to set up a pentium 166 running 98 networked to an
athlon2200 running XP.
I am using ethernet pci cards from dolphin , the cards are detected and
working fine , but on the athlon machine it is saying that the network cable
is unplugged??? It isnt unplugged and is connected to both cards on both
comps.

Do i need a hub for two machines , i was told that i dont and can connect
them direct . What am i doing wrong ??

any help would be appreciated :-)

Graeme

On Sat, 5 Jul 2003 23:12:27 +0800, "dannyk"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Hi all
>
>I am looking for help with a networking prob.
>I have just tried to set up a pentium 166 running 98 networked to an
>athlon2200 running XP.
>I am using ethernet pci cards from dolphin , the cards are detected and
>working fine , but on the athlon machine it is saying that the network cable
>is unplugged??? It isnt unplugged and is connected to both cards on both
>comps.
>
>Do i need a hub for two machines , i was told that i dont and can connect
>them direct . What am i doing wrong ??
>
>any help would be appreciated :-)
>
>Graeme
>
>


is it a crossover cable or a straight through you are using ? u need a
crossover for you set up


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news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Sat, 5 Jul 2003 23:12:27 +0800, "dannyk"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >Hi all
> >
> >I am looking for help with a networking prob.
> >I have just tried to set up a pentium 166 running 98 networked to an
> >athlon2200 running XP.
> >I am using ethernet pci cards from dolphin , the cards are detected and
> >working fine , but on the athlon machine it is saying that the network
cable
> >is unplugged??? It isnt unplugged and is connected to both cards on both
> >comps.
> >
> >Do i need a hub for two machines , i was told that i dont and can connect
> >them direct . What am i doing wrong ??
> >
> >any help would be appreciated :-)
> >
> >Graeme
> >
> >
>
>
> is it a crossover cable or a straight through you are using ? u need a
> crossover for you set up
>
>
Mmmm , the cable is a cat6 network patch cable ?? is that a cross over ?

graeme






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Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Sat, 5 Jul
2003 23:36:33 +0800, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.comp.home-networking, yawatina tan reek esk "dannyk"
<(E-Mail Removed)> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:

>

>> is it a crossover cable or a straight through you are using ? u need a
>> crossover for you set up
>>
>>
>Mmmm , the cable is a cat6 network patch cable ?? is that a cross over ?
>
>graeme

Almost certainly not. You can get Cat6 crossover cables, however.

deKay
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dannyk wrote:
> thanks for the help borg and dekay :-)
> will get a crossover
>
You can get adaptors that just plug on the end and turn it into a crossover.
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In article <bed6qh$96e$(E-Mail Removed)>,
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> "dannyk" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:tCCNa.2919$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > thanks for the help borg and dekay :-)
> > will get a crossover
> >
> > graeme
> >
> >
> > "deKay" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Sat, 5
> > Jul
> > > 2003 23:36:33 +0800, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> > > uk.comp.home-networking, yawatina tan reek esk "dannyk"
> > > <(E-Mail Removed)> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > >> is it a crossover cable or a straight through you are using ? u need
> a
> > > >> crossover for you set up
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >Mmmm , the cable is a cat6 network patch cable ?? is that a cross over
> ?
> > > >
> > > >graeme
> > >
> > > Almost certainly not. You can get Cat6 crossover cables, however.
> > >
> > > deKay
> > > --
>
> Normal cat 5 cables are usually blue.
> Crossover cables are usually yellow.
>

Unless they're grey, or white, or ...

Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Tue, 8 Jul
2003 11:29:56 +1000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.comp.home-networking, yawatina tan reek esk "Falkon"
<(E-Mail Removed)> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:

>Normal cat 5 cables are usually blue.
>Crossover cables are usually yellow.

All of my cat5 cables are black, red or grey. All of my crossover cables are
blue (except one, which is grey). This includes at work, where I have 400+
cat5 cables, and about 30 crossovers.

You can buy them in any colour you like.

deKay
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Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Tue, 8 Jul
2003 17:51:42 +0100, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.comp.home-networking, yawatina tan reek esk Roger Hunt
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>In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, deKay
><(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>>
>>All of my cat5 cables are black, red or grey. All of my crossover cables are
>>blue (except one, which is grey). This includes at work, where I have 400+
>>cat5 cables, and about 30 crossovers.
>>
>Did you have the delightful job of labelling them all at each end, with
>their destinations? :-)

For most of them, no - thankfully

deKay
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