[CS-FSLUG] Networking failure

[Josiah Ritchie]

On Fri, 2004-12-10 at 10:05 -0600, Ed Hurst wrote:
> Put the brakes on. A bit of research and thinking indicates some of my
> hardware is really poorly fit for ethernet stuff. The mobo is the main
> problem. Since this is really a low priority in my life, I'm dumping
> this project for now. Barring a donation of better hardware...
> 
> On the bright side, I've told my wife if she continues to have trouble
> connnecting and gets any serious virus problems, etc., she'll just have
> to run Linux or something. With recent lockups when trying to connect
> lately, she'll have decide what matters most to her: XP games or
> connectivity.

A crossover cable would skip the switch. Would that help?

JSR/