RE: Cable questions

["Andy Laurence" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sounds to me like you need a crossover cable.  I suspect that you're
using straight through cables.  When connecting two devices (PCs, SliMP3s,
routers, WAPs, etc.), you need a crossover cable, or if using multiple
cables with those connector blocks, an odd number of crossover cables in
the link.  This avoids the need for a switch or hub in the middle of the
cable.  Of course, what clouds the issue is ADSL routers with built-in
switches, and auto-sensing ports, which have automatic crossovers built-in.
 In your case though, you definitely need a crossover cable (green and
orange pairs swapped over).

Cheers,
Andy


-----Original Message-----
From:	Robin Edwards [mailto:robin@xxxxxxx]
Sent:	Wed 1/3/2007 6:01 AM
To:	UKHA Group
Cc:
Subject:	[ukha_d] Cable questions

I have a couple of questions related to connectivity I'm hoping someone can
shed
light on.

First, I managed to break the little piece of plastic off the end of the
cable
that holds the wire into my CM12U.  Anybody got a spare they'd sell me,
please
contact me off-line.  Or anybody got experience of using a CM12U with
Misterhouse on Linux using USB connect?

Second, to get music into my bathroom, which is blocked from rest of house
and
my wireless signal by an eighteen inch solid limestone wall I bought an
ME101
wireless bridge.  That I installed in my kitchen and ran the cat5 cable
round
wall and through hole in door frame.  It worked ok but had two cables with
a
joint (back to back female connector).  I replaced the two with one long
one
over Christmas and now it doesnt work, sum of my testing shows....
1: Slimp3 to ME101 on any one of the three cables neither can see each
other
2: Slimp3 to ME101 on any two of the three cables with connector in place
neither can see each other
3: Laptop to ME101 on any one of the three cables works fine
4: Slimp3 to ME101 on any two of the three cables works fine
5: Tests 1: and 2: repeated with another Slimp3 same results not seeing
each other
6: All tests repeated using a switch in another room all worked fine

It seems like to me I have an incompatability that appeared between the
ME101
and the Slimp3 by changing the cables and it doesnt go away.  I cannot
understand it.  Any logical explanation welcome, bathtime too quiet now.

regards, robin