Re: [WinMac] Ethernet troubles - off topic

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Is it a switch or hub? Maybe is possible you except the total cabel
length in your environment by pluging in the last cable.
Try with a switch, now it are very affordable, 16 ports for less as $700
(HP).

>lists but this one seems to have the most professionals responding.
>
>I have been setting up a Mac network for a small town newspaper over the
>last few weekends. The network consists of a mix of Apple 6100's, 7100's
>8100's, G3's and 3 laser printers. All boxes are running OS 8.1 or 8.5. The
>x100's have Farallon ethermac transceivers and all boxes are connected to a
>Farallon Starlet 16 port hub using Belden brand Cat5 bulk solid core wire.
>
>The problem we were running into is that when we got to plugging a machine
>into the last port in the hub, the hub would only recognize 'stranded' cat5
>cable (not solid core). It didn't matter which machine it was. If it was
>going into port 15 it would only 'see' stranded cable. (Port 16 was not
>available because the uplink port is in use.) Has anyone heard of this? The
>cable run to the last port was not more than 30 feet. Most of the cables are
>~50ft.
>
>We got the whole thing running but I am curious as to why the trouble with
>the solid core cat5. Is it that solid core sucks?
>
>Any insight will be appreciated.
>
>--
>Nick Scalise
>nicks@radiks.net
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