its def a crossover cable as it was initially bought to connect to my xbox!so now im using that!
i will check for three mentioned likelies...and report back! On 15/05/2008, Sean Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You say you're using a router and a crossover cable... are you sure? I'd > normally expect you to be using straight cables if you've a router involved > and crossover only if you're connecting the two machines directly to one > another. > > Dunno if the router is noticing that you've got incompatible cables and > doing something clever, perhaps slowing the thing down in the process? I > don't know the router so can't advise much but another thing I'd look at > would be the router statistics to see if either or both of the links are > getting data errors... if so the three likely culprits would be a. router > port(s), b. cable(s), c. network card(s). > > Sean > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > >
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