Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 05:23:54 -0700 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: kob6558@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd@jdc.parodius.com Subject: Re: 8.1 xl + dual-speed Netgear hub = yoyo Message-ID: <4ea558da.jZWwZY1xO0HA0ohN%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <4ea42e1f.jwGZJ3vXBxYqD41h%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <4ea18916.IBAr0lF5RCzEYn6G%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <4EA12D26.4020104@my.gd> <4ea2b29c.QmX94UmzdHW1HSBe%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <20111022052952.GA2371@icarus.home.lan> <4ea2e874.XnQpdCknhYCB39Py%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <CAN6yY1vjHHT%2BYoqO6DQPytO-SectkM9V3pJN=uKYHgv26h5LDQ@mail.gmail.com> <4ea42e1f.jwGZJ3vXBxYqD41h%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
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> > ... SOME hubs of that era had series problems if the cable was > > too short. > > > > You mentioned using a short cable. Have you tried a longer one? > > I seem to recall that 3 meters was the minimum, but it was so > > long ago that my memory is a bit fuzzy. > > The first cable I used was about 1 meter, the second less than 2. > I suppose I could try a longer one. I tried one of ~5 meters. Same problem. The soultion was to use a 100-only hub instead of the dual-speed hub -- see the SOLUTION post elsewhere in this thread for details.
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