The oldest of my SliMP3 devices stopped working today. I attached it
directly to a network sniffer and it looks like it isn't sending any
packets, so it can't get through DHCP discovery. There is an LED that
lights up when the network cable is plugged in, so it's at least
sensing Ethernet carrier. There's another LED that blinks when
it receives a packet from the server.
Just before it stopped working, I was unplugging and replugging it
repeatedly while debugging a server upgrade. The motherboard flexed
each time I did that, and I may have broken a trace.
Several of you have a lot more experience coaxing life out of old
flaky hardware than I do. What should I be trying?
Thanks...
I've tried:
three different network cables.
plugging directly into a hub rather than going through the
house wiring.
different slimp3 on same cables. (it works)
other DHCP clients w/ same DHCP server. (they work)
using manual IP address instead of DHCP. (still no packets sniffed)
cursing. (satisfying but ineffective)
So I really think it's a broken Ethernet transmitter.
--
Bob Miller K<bob>
kbobsoft software consulting
http://kbobsoft.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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