After some testing it turned out that the cable is indeed not properly wired :S
I ordered a better one and I'm hoping that it will do the job flawlessly.
Thanks for replying! Regards, Fili Btw. the cat/echo is a proposed test by Linux-Ha.org which should work. --To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]