From: Jon Glass (jonglass_at_usa.net)
Date: Mon Aug 01 2005 - 06:14:00 PDT
On Aug 1, 2005, at 3:21 AM, hemantkamat_at_eth.net wrote:
> Can I connect my MessagePad 2K with a 3COM 3C589D card to my TiBook=20
> (1.0Ghz Gigabit Ethernet) running OS9? I wish to connect via a=20
> standard/crossover ethernet cable, without using a 10Mbps hub. Thanks=20=
> a lot!
>
I don't think so, not without a hub. I have never had any success with=20=
a Mac PowerBook to a Newton via ethernet without a hub. You can try it,=20=
if you want, but it's weird stuff. The PowerBook doesn't officially=20
need a crossover cable, but it's running at a much faster speed=20
natively than the 3Com card, and that mismatch, or so it seems to me,=20
is what causes your problems. After I beat my head over this for some=20
time, I finally sprung for a router, and it worked flawlessly the first=20=
time. Oh, and btw, a switch didn't help me either, only the hub that=20
throttles the faster Mac to 10bits or whatever it is. :-(
--=20
-Jon Glass
Krakow, Poland
"If your pictures aren=92t good enough, you=92re not close enough." - =20=
Photojournalist Robert Capa
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