[plug] Problem with NE2000 card using thin coax.

[Rob Hall]

David,

Most cards are set to autodetect the type of connection.  Are you
terminating the coax cable properly?  There should be a terminator at both
ends of the coax - ie on the 1st and last computers.

Cabling is what I do a fair bit of.  If you have any more questions, mail me
direct or call me on the number below before 11:00 pm

Regards,


Rob Hall


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-plug at linux.org.au [mailto:owner-plug at linux.org.au]On Behalf
> Of David Buddrige
> Sent: 02 March 1999 22:24
> To: plug at linux.org.au
> Subject: [plug] Problem with NE2000 card using thin coax.
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Got a bit of a problem with ne2000 network cards...
>
> My brother has obtained a number of ne2000 compatible network cards -
> one of which we have put into a 486DX-4-100 which will be a proxy server
> to allow both of my brothers to browse the web simultaenously..
>
> They have a computer each on their desks (in two different rooms in the
> house) - networked together using thin coax cabling.
>
> However it seems their prior owners used cat5 twisted pair cable - I've
> got the network card working just fine usnig redhat 5.2 - the machine
> recognises the card - and it can ping itself - but the other two
> machines on the same stretch of coax (maybe 10 meters length in total)
> cannot ping the machine (nor can the linux machine ping it).
>
> Given that we obtained these cards second hand - we don't have the disks
> to go with them - and in any case we want to configure it under linux
> (the machine is installed with 100% linux - no dos partitions at all).
> Does anyone know how to get the things to use their thin coax port
> rather than the utp port?  (I've actually had the exact problem at my
> own place - I wound up networking the two computer I wanted to connect
> using a twisted-pair cross-over-cable - I've not been able to get the
> cards configured to use the cat5 conenctor to work over thin coax....
>
> Has anyone seen this before and have a solution? - I've been scanning
> usenet / hotbot, but no luck so far... 8-(
>
> Thanks heaps in advance... 8-)
>
> David Buddrige
> buddrige at q-net.net.au
>