[SWLUG] Re: Discuss digest, Vol 1 #230 - 7 msgs

[Gareth Bowker]

If you keep the replies on-list, you're more likely to solve the problem
as everyone can help out then, not just me ;)

On Wed, 2003-04-09 at 16:27, Rhys Sage wrote:
> Ah. Promethius and Aphrodite are both Windows machines with 98 and NT
> respectively. Zeus is Linux. Zeus has RJ45 only. Promethius and
> Aphrodite have both RJ45 and BNC. Promethius and Aphrodite can see
> each other only via BNC. None of the 3 can see each other via RJ45. 

If you've got an ISA slot in your linux machine, I can give you a
network card with RJ45 and BNC if you come to the next LUG.

Otherwise, um, you'll need to get the hub working (excuse me stating the
obvious!)

You need straight cables between the computers and the hub, there should
be a link light on the hub and/or the network card which comes on when
the network card's able to talk to the hub. You said earlier that Zeus
had a link light. Did the Windows machines manage that? If not, there
may be a setting in the network card config to tell them which
connection to use, BNC or RJ45. Make sure that's correct.

Good luck,

Gareth
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