Re: Cable questions

["Tim Hawes" <timsyahoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Either that, or one of the cables you're using is a crossover cable.
Depending on the type of switch used for test #6, this could
"ignore"
the cross and work fine.

Re: the plastic bit broken off from the CM12 cable...is it an RJ11
plug, like a modem cable? You could try a dab of silicone sealer just
to hold it in place, or superglue, if you never want to take it apart.

HTH,

Tim.

On 1/3/07, Frank Mc Alinden <frankmc@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Robin
>
> If im correct , i have used those back to back female connectors and
im sure
> they swap some of the pairs over.....and i think to get it correct i
had to
> have 2 back to back connectors in circuit, the second one to swap back
the
> pairs.....hope that makes some sense......
> HTH
> Frank
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robin Edwards"
>
> >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