Usually, ethernet cables are wired to go between a device and a router or switch or between a computer port and a switch (or router).
To go directly from a computer port to a device without a router or switch in between requires, in theory, a different wiring of the cable. This cable configuration is usually called a cross-over cable (because of the way the wiring diagram for them isn't straightforward but 2 pairs of wires are crossed over each other). It may be unrelated to your problem but in theory the setup you describe requires a cross-over cable. At least it would in older hardware. Some newer hardware is able to sense when a computer is wired directly to a device (or equivalently, when a cross-over cable is used and not needed). If it worked before and you changed nothing hardware wise, not the cable, not the port, etc, then this is probably a red herring. -- Michaelwagner ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23414 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
