[NMLUG] e-net distance

[nmlug@swcp.com (Ford Davis)]

Aaron,

It sounds suspiciously like you are not using CAT5 wire for your cables
(4 twisted-pair), looks like telephone wire only tisted in 4 pairs with
blue, orange, brown, and green the solid or trace color.  Usually, solid
copper, not stranded.  Maybe a bad crimp tool, but even the older 10 mb
NICS would work, nothing wrong with D-link or Linksys!  If they are
10/100 cards, a link light is possible, yet if they can't negotiate full
100, some just sit and act stupid!

There are more than a few possible problems despite a link light that
are software/hardware issues ... make sure the link light goes out at a
disconnect and blinks on at a reconnect.

I am assuming you are getting signals at the lower speed ... not a
problem for a standard NIC with good cable.

Ford Davis
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Aaron Birenboim wrote:
> 
>    I have some cheap e-net cards (d-link and linksys),
> and I am having trouble making longer connections.
> My 40-50 foot cables will produce a link light, but
> they transmit no data (it appears to me).
> 
>    I have re-cut cables, ends, tried hub and back-to-back,
> and I cannot get a connection over the longer cables.
> 
>    Has anybody else experienced this?
> If it is a problem with the tranceiver hardware...  can
> anybody suggest more reliable hardware?
> Is there any lower-end hardware that can drive a 50' cable,
> or will I be forced to switch to 3Com?
> 
>                aaron
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