Why cant I make my laptop ethernet cards recognise 10Mbs?

[John Summerfield]

phil prentice wrote:
> Hi, the thing is; is that it works fine with one laptop, but not the other (it 
> is a cross-over cable that I am using).
> 
> Any more thoughts would be very welcome.  I will try a few of the suggestions 
> first.  Push comes to shove and I will use the other laptop, but I would 
> prefer to get the non-working one up and running first.
> Thank you very much for your help
> 

A cheap switch would have been much the same cost as the extra nic you 
bought;-) Then your next printer would probably plug into it too - 
network-capable printers have entered the "cheao" category around here.



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John

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