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At 07:59 PM 6/26/97 -0700, Steve Parker wrote: >On Thu, 26 Jun 1997, Geovanny M. Ortiz wrote: > >> Ok, I've put T connectors and terminators at both ends of the cable, but my >> notebooks won't communicate. As I mentioned previously, I originally used >> both PCMCIA network cards to connect to the office network using twisted >> paired cables, both cards can be used with coax as well. Do I need to >> change cards' drivers to use twisted pair at the office and coax at home? >> I case you are wondering the PCMCIA card I have are 3COM and Megahertz. > > If the 3COM card is anything at all like my Etherlink III [3c509] combo >cards you have to run the 3c5x9cfg utility and tell it which network >interface to use. The 3COM can be set to "Auto-Sense" such that it knows which type of transceiver to set up for, but it will require a fresh boot with the coax-type tranceiver for it to detect and configure for it, otherwise it defaults to twisted-pair. Personally, I think its just easier to have a twisted pair setup at home--either with a crossover cable or a cheapo hub (which can be had for $100 or less). I hate coax...far more problematic and more of a PITA to troubleshoot. Who needs the headaches? ------- Randal J. Whittle whittle@usc.edu (213) 740-7775 Director, Electronic Commerce Program Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California