10BaseT transceiver works now
Thanks to everyone who gave me advice on how to troubleshoot this odd problem.
When I connected the transceiver to my 3c509 I immediately noticed something I
hadn't before; there's a link LED too, which wasn't on on the SPARC (duh!) So
I realized the transceiver works, and then by sheer luck when I replaced it in
the sparc it worked. Turns out its extremely sensetive and so I had to play
around with it to get it to remain working, even the metal slider isn't tight
enough (which is also a pain to put into place). ANd since the ELC is close to
a wall it's difficult to adjust it and still get the conenction to work (not
good for an ipmasq machine, eh?)
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Ben Roberts, Class of 2001 (1st of millenium), founding member of MBLUG
"If your motherboard smells like carcinogens it's time to get a new
motherboard."
-- Ben Roberts, refering to his SPARC
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