Jim Wrote: > Could be the cable but as with most nice and simple wired things it > either works or it doesn't.
Usually true, but I've seen cables do neat things when, for example, a phone installer runs them and isn't quite clear on the 'why' of twisted pair. (Hint: twisting TX+/RX+ and TX-/RX- doesn't work... or it "mostly" works kinda, but tends to drop like mad when the traffic gets higher.) It really is possible to have cables that are intermittent. (The wrong twist and all you defeat the whole point of twisted pair, making it very susceptible to any sort of interference, even its own echos on the wire.) I could see something like that working for a typical laptop cruising the 'net, but dying when it gets more substantial traffic. -- snarlydwarf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18374 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
