Stupid Mac Ethernet question

[Roger Pugh]

i seem to remember that a lot of the asante cards and maybee others 
dont like 10/100 hubs...   the solution is to use a simple 10 hub 
between the mac and the rest of the network   that runs 10/100

hope this helps

roger

On 14 Jan 2006, at 23:10, Richard A. Cini wrote:

> All:
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>             I just recently upgraded the network cabling in my house 
> to 5e
> as part of some new construction, and I also upgraded the networking
> components. Now, all of my normal machines run at 100 full duplex. 
> Anyway.
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>             The strangest thing happened to my Mac IIci - the Ethernet
> connection no longer works. I don't even get a link light on the new 
> switch
> (a Cisco/Linksys switch). However, when I plug the Mac into a plain 
> old 10BT
> hub and then uplink it to the switch, I at least get a link light.
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> Nothing else works, though. The router doesn't show the Mac obtaining 
> an IP
> address, and the ci doesn't see the AppleTalk zone that's on my NT 
> Server
> box. In the previous configuration, everything went through a 24-port 
> hub.
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> Does this problem resonate with anyone?
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> Rich
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> Rich Cini
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