[Gllug] Cat 5 Testing

[Simon Faulkner]

:-)  Well,

Yes they can ping but...

One PC (Win 2K) on a network occasionally seems to 'nod off' for 30 seconds
or so when working with files on the Linux server.

Last time I was on site I saw a flash of a "Network cable unplugged" mesage
on the Windows screen so I think that the PC is convinced that it is being
disconnected every now and again - strange.

I'm just trying to eliminate things one at a time.

Simon

-----Original Message-----
From: gllug-admin at linux.co.uk [mailto:gllug-admin at linux.co.uk]On Behalf
Of Tethys
Sent: 02 June 2003 14:22
To: gllug at linux.co.uk
Subject: Re: [Gllug] Cat 5 Testing



"Simon Faulkner" writes:

>Cat 5 testers seem to cost around £4000 which is outside our budget.
>
>Does anyone know of any other testers/software for Laptops?

Plug two machines into a cheap (10 quid) switch, and see if they can
ping each other. If so, your cables are fine :-)

Tet

PS. Yes, it's a trite answer, but it does actually work...


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