[Gllug] Cat 5 Testing

[Ian Norton]

sounds like a dodgy card/driver to me,

i had this on some rtl8139 cards, the cable was/is fine,

a better test (if you can get to it all) is to ping with larget packets and
wiggle the cable about, (whip it ala the slinky + wave super position
experiment)

if it wasnt broke before there is more change it will be after :-)

Ian

On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 02:43:15PM +0100, Simon Faulkner wrote:
> :-)  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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