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Got a weird problem.
Wallstreet Powerbook (233mhz, 30g drive, 384 ram, OSX 10.2.8) and Dell
Inspiron 4100 (1.13ghz, 30g drive, 256 ram, XP Home), hooking them up
with a crossover cable, I can get them to barely ping each other, but
with high packet loss - 25 to 75 percent loss.
They can see each other in their respective network setups, and if I set
up the powerbook as a mapped network drive from the XP machine, it tries
to hook up, but fails 90 percent of the time. Same if I try it from the
Powerbook's end. If they do manage to negotiate, the connection fails
anytime you try to transfer a file.
BTW, when these two machines are on my regular hub as clients
(straight-thru ethernet cable), they see each other fine, network and
transfer files beautifully; I even have the Powerbook set up as a mapped
network drive, working as a file server to the Dell. Can get to the XP
machine from the Powerbook no problem. They work normally.
I saw on a show that more modern macs were able to auto-sense when they
needed a crossover cable, and switched themselves so they do not need it
somehow, so on an off chance that OSX gave my Powerbook this ability I
tried a straight-thru cable between the two - no dice. Nothing when I
tried that.
What do you suppose is happening?
Thanks for any help!
Got a weird problem.
Wallstreet Powerbook (233mhz, 30g drive, 384 ram, OSX 10.2.8) and Dell
Inspiron 4100 (1.13ghz, 30g drive, 256 ram, XP Home), hooking them up
with a crossover cable, I can get them to barely ping each other, but
with high packet loss - 25 to 75 percent loss.
They can see each other in their respective network setups, and if I set
up the powerbook as a mapped network drive from the XP machine, it tries
to hook up, but fails 90 percent of the time. Same if I try it from the
Powerbook's end. If they do manage to negotiate, the connection fails
anytime you try to transfer a file.
BTW, when these two machines are on my regular hub as clients
(straight-thru ethernet cable), they see each other fine, network and
transfer files beautifully; I even have the Powerbook set up as a mapped
network drive, working as a file server to the Dell. Can get to the XP
machine from the Powerbook no problem. They work normally.
I saw on a show that more modern macs were able to auto-sense when they
needed a crossover cable, and switched themselves so they do not need it
somehow, so on an off chance that OSX gave my Powerbook this ability I
tried a straight-thru cable between the two - no dice. Nothing when I
tried that.
What do you suppose is happening?
Thanks for any help!