Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 25 Dec 2002 08:50:09 -0500 (EST) | From | Gerhard Mack <> | Subject | Re: OT: Which Gigabit ethernet card? |
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On Wed, 25 Dec 2002, David Lloyd wrote:
> Thank Goodness -- I've worked in places where they INSIST on making > crossover cables the same length and colour as normal cables. Then you > go, "huh? samba/the network/the kernel" is not working until someone > with better eyesight finds the problem. > > *death to crossover cables*
That's pretty lame of them but shouldn't the ethernet link light be a good indicator that it's a cable problem?
fix: Dud cable->trash bin "oops was that a crossover? it wasn't marked as one."
Gerhard
-- Gerhard Mack
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<>< As a computer I find your faith in technology amusing.
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