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Re: SS20 won't talk to my hub



[debian-sparc@nville.co.uk]
> When plugged into my (cheap, 100/10Mb) hub, my SS20 refuses to be
> reached.  It can't be pinged or otherwise contacted, despite the link
> light being on.  It does talk to my other machines when directly
> connected with a cross-over cable however.

Friend of mine had this problem recently with a LANCE chip on sparc,
and not even a 10baseT hub seemed to help.  She didn't try your
crossover solution.

What worked was to acquire an external AUI->TP transceiver.  My theory
is that the LANCE 10baseT transceivers tend to be flaky.

Peter

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