If your on a switch, you need to set the switch at each port to tell it
where to send traffic.. Or so I seem to recall
a hub sends traffic anywhere and needs no setup
Jim Sheffer
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on 8/26/01 5:19 PM, John Bruner at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'm real new to networking, so please take it easy on me if this seems
> obvious to most of you.
>
> I had three macs networked with localtalk at one time. I wanted to go to
> ethernet so I bought a switch, 8 port.
>
> The two macs I tried to link don't see each other in the chooser when I
> select AppleShare. Both machines aknowlege that the ethernet connection
> is valid and the switch indicator lights also agree there is a
> connection.
>
> What else is there to look for?
>
> Thanks;
>
> --
> John B.
>
>
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