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They shipped something other than cat5 with a 100Mbp hub?

Jim Furlong (jpfurlong@home.com) wrote:
: If you have the hub NDH305 from SOHOWARE, it can handle both 10 and
: 100Mbps (if you have the SFH105, it can do 100Mbps only)..the NDH305
: adjusts for either. What their tech support told me tonite was that I
: need a CAT5 cable (RJ45 connectors) between the cable modem and the hub
: ..those cables that came with the hub are to be used between hub and pc
: only, not for use between the modem and hub. I will be buying a CAT5
: cable tomorrow and try again tomorrow nite.

: "Maynard G. Krebbs" wrote:
: > 
: > I have the same SOHOWARE package and a cable modem but I just found out from
: > reading MaximumPC magazine that the 100BaseT hub ONLY works at 100, not
: > 10BaseT.  Cable modems can only work at 10BaseT.  There are hubs that can be
: > operated at either speed but not the SOHOWARE.  I always seem to miss some
: > key criteria when I buy hardware.
: > 
: > Jim Furlong <jpfurlong@home.com> wrote in message
: > news:37E402A2.48A1E3CF@home.com...
: > > Anyone heard of this..got a SOHOWARE (NDC) 10/100 networking kit, with
: > > two pci fast ethernet cards and a hub. It's advertised as able to handle
: > > the cable modem via the first port on the hub (with a switch for
: > > uplink)..anyway it doesn't work. I can connect directly to the cable
: > > modem (TCI/AT&T @home) and get in fine. However connecting the cable
: > > modem to the hub doesn't work. I've tried a crossover cable between the
: > > modem and hub, and it still won't connect to the internet. Any help
: > > would be appreciated.

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