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In article <6r4f0v$o6n$1@sol6.tvd.be>
           simon.hampton@tvd.be "Simon Hampton" writes:

> I tried this too.  The local pings worked, but not those accross the
> network.
> I should add that both cards are Combo cards and I know they work via the
> UTP plug as I have connected to the internet using both via a cable modem.
> What I cannot be sure is whether the cards are now using the Coax port = is
> a warm boot enough to get the 3c905 card to use its other exit plug?

I don't have your card (mine is the 3c509Combi) but I suspect that the
card has been configured to use a fixed allocation of  network type.
AIUI, when originally delivered, these cards are in an auto-sensing mode,
and will use whichever of 10baseT, 10base2 or AUI is actually connected.
But some driver software will reconfigure them to use permanently
whatever is found connected.

I had the problem with the cards which I bought (second-hand); I had to
run the 3C5X9CFG.EXE porgran under raw DOS to reconfigure each card
properly --- since when I've had no problems.  I suggest you look for the
equivalent program for your cards, probably at the 3COM web site.  (In my
case, incidentally, I *wanted* to use the RJ-11 connections for the
10baseT, and discovered that the BNC outlets had been configured
instead.  I would guess you have the opposite problem.)

-- 
Brian {Hamilton Kelly}                                         bhk@dsl.co.uk
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