Wurlybird9
Member
Ok...I just signed up for @home service. the main computer is fine. i tried hooking my computer up using that short cable, again, just fine. no problems.
However, I have tried 2 cat5 cables rated at 350mhz,
and both provided dialup-level speeds.
Both cables were 50ft, which should be an acceptable length.
Now, one possibility is that the cables are both bad.
In which case my luck is obviously bad.
These are belkin cables, guaranteed for life.
The other possibility im thinking of,
is a problem with my netgear fa311 card.
Which, incidentally, I spent almost 2 hours pounding on,
trying to get it to seat properly in my PCI slot,
then having to update the PCI Id because of a programming error in the manufacturing process....eck...what a nitemare,
just for installing a freaking $15 netcard.
I wrote a nasty complaint letter to Netgear about that one.
So anyway, to make a long story short--
should I just keep trying new cables?
Or is it somehow possible that this netgear card won't work properly with a longer cable because of some weird sync issue or whatever? those are the only ideas i can possibly have.
because it worked with the short, functional cables that i do have.
Anyway pleeeease help,
this supposedly simple operation has become a multi-hour nitemare...I haven't even gotten to the point of setting up my router yet...hopefully things will decide to be nice to me by then. TWO HOURS. pounding on an ill-shaped PCI card. how dumb. still, I'm stubborn. grr. anyway. your ideas are appreciated, before i go and waste my time running to stores again.
Jonathan
However, I have tried 2 cat5 cables rated at 350mhz,
and both provided dialup-level speeds.
Both cables were 50ft, which should be an acceptable length.
Now, one possibility is that the cables are both bad.
In which case my luck is obviously bad.
These are belkin cables, guaranteed for life.
The other possibility im thinking of,
is a problem with my netgear fa311 card.
Which, incidentally, I spent almost 2 hours pounding on,
trying to get it to seat properly in my PCI slot,
then having to update the PCI Id because of a programming error in the manufacturing process....eck...what a nitemare,
just for installing a freaking $15 netcard.
I wrote a nasty complaint letter to Netgear about that one.
So anyway, to make a long story short--
should I just keep trying new cables?
Or is it somehow possible that this netgear card won't work properly with a longer cable because of some weird sync issue or whatever? those are the only ideas i can possibly have.
because it worked with the short, functional cables that i do have.
Anyway pleeeease help,
this supposedly simple operation has become a multi-hour nitemare...I haven't even gotten to the point of setting up my router yet...hopefully things will decide to be nice to me by then. TWO HOURS. pounding on an ill-shaped PCI card. how dumb. still, I'm stubborn. grr. anyway. your ideas are appreciated, before i go and waste my time running to stores again.
Jonathan
