I ran into the same problem with patch pannels I got from Home Depot. Try switching your PC's down to 10MB and see if they can talk okay then. What I found was the wiring scheme used on the ports and punch downs was messed up and had to switch around a few wires on the patch pannel to get 100MB to work correctly. When they were building our house I came in when they had finished framing and ran 2 cat5e (one data one phone) to every room. Also ran RG-6 to each room. Got a nice enclosure from Home Depot and put that in the basement. Works pretty slick. JasonL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Churchill" <churchid at visi.com> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 12:57 AM Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Home Wiring Question > On Thursday 14 February 2002 11:16 pm, Yaron wrote: > <snip> > > Being a complete dork, I didn't test the first wire I put in. I just put > > in about 12, punched everything down (using the 568B scheme), and THen > > plugged a machine in one end and patched over to the switch on the other > > end. > > > > Link light comes on, 100M light comes on, DHCP server sees machine send > > request, machine doesn't see DHCP server send reply. > > > > I tested all the cables outside the walls and they're fine. I tried > > several different machines and NICs, and it looks like they can all > > transmit and not receive. > <snip> > > If machines on both ends can transmit and not receive, then you have a > confused wiring problem somewhere. Make sure that the white/colored side > of each pair is the same on both ends. If you have dual-labeled 568A/B > jacks, double and triple check that you looked at the right scheme. > They're not that different, and this has frequently been my problem when > I've screwed up the wiring scheme. :( I would take John up on his offer > to loan you a tester that will show you which pairs are working and which > are not. > > Dan > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > >