On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 00:28, Robert L. Cochran wrote: > And here's my addition: replace the cheapest component first. What's > that? Why, the ethernet cable! You'd be surprised what gets done to > ethernet cables. My electrician has a firm believe that neat wire runs > are the result of generous use of a staple gun on said wires. He was off > a little bit one morning and drove one pin of a staple right through the > wire of a 30 foot ethernet run, thus ruining it. > > Anyhow just replace the existing ethernet cable with a new one and you > might have surprising results. I expect this is Cat 5e or 6 UTP wire you > are replacing. Cable modems were never made for Cat 3, right? Um. The flashing lights on the cable modem indicate there's no signal getting to the cable modem from the cable company. Besides, can access the modem's built in webserver (for diagnostic purposes) just fine. Normally not a bad idea, however. It *could* actually be bad coax. I'll find out between 8 and noon tomo^w today. God it's getting late. -- ********************************************************************** Chris Kloiber, RHCE Red Hat,Inc. Hardware Certification aka 1801 Varsity Dr. Enterprise Support "WireHead" Raleigh, NC 27606 ********************************************************************** -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
