mick crane <mick.cr...@gmail.com> writes: > Just looking I had a misspelled entry in hosts file on windows for the > PC that is name server which can't have been helping matters.
No, but problems that arise from that manifest in different ways contrary to what you posted in the initial mail. > I'll get some decent cables, a couple of these the plastic clip has > broken off. Here I would put my money, if I was betting where your problems come from. There's nothing nicer in the datacenter but to open a transport bag for a fine new cable and click it in the patch port and the NIC of a new installed machine, audible (lucky me if I can hear it) and tactile feedback that send shivers of joy down my spine. Post to here or a new thread if you need another idea, if that cable swap doesn't help. I hope it does. Mick, have you ever read ESRs and Rick Moens howto on how to ask good questions? http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html I ask because I almost skipped your initial post because of the way you asked your question without giving us the technical background into your setup, which is always hard to get, and during our exchange you'd always skip past questions and give almost relevant info but with little to zero context. Have fun. Peter
