Chucky;247072 Wrote: > Hi all, > > Bert1e's tip rectified my SB-3 / homeplug issue completely. > > The SB3 can now reliably connect to slim-server via homeplug. > > It even works in my basement, where the SB-3 never got network > connection through either wi-fi or the homeplug adapter. > > All I did, is insert a simple ethernet hub (not even a switch) between > the SB-3 and the homeplug adapter. Without the hub, SB-3 gets no > network connection. > > As I understand a hub is just a non-intelligent physical buffer to the > data, making it available on a number of ports. > > This suggests to me, that there is a physical data transfer - rather > than protocol/network - problem between the SB3 and some homeplugs > (incl. my ALLNET models). > > The necessity of the hub (or switch) makes the installation more bulky, > but... it works. > > The network experts on this forum may know more about this issue ... > > Thanks so much, > > Charles :)
I think you may need to use a crossover ethernet cable to connect directly to the SB3. Your hub probably does the crossover matching for you and may autosense the connection. -- Ramage T5500 1.6GHz, SqueezeCentre Version: 7.0 - 15023 Windows Vista, Alien 2.0b P4 2.6GHz, SqueezeCentre Version: 7.0 - 15023 - Windows XP, Alien 2.0b P2 266MHz, Linux ClarkConnect 4.2, SlimServer Version: 7 - 15047, Alien 2.0b, perl 5.8.8 i686-linux-thread-multi NSLU2 Unslung 6.8b SlimServer Version: 6.3.1 - 8476 - Linux, No Alien ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ramage's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5343 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40806 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
