[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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