Re: Cannot get IP from DHCP

From: Steve Winograd [MVP] (winograd_at_pobox.com)
Date: 11/16/04 

Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 03:38:01 -0700

In article <7C4AF259-4FB5-4C3F-8ABF-35BAA641DF6B@microsoft.com>,
"Scott" <Scott@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>Ok all. This one has me stumped. I have a computer and a print server that I
>moved from the first floor to the second floor and now will not see the
>network no matter what I do. I have tested the cable runs and they test out
>ok. I have used the cables I was using on the first floor and no
>connectivity. I have used new cables on the second floor. no connectivity. I
>have taken my laptop and plugged into both ports using the cables I have
>there to use on the PC and print server and recieved a good connection and IP
>on the laptop. I have changed the NIC cards on the PC and even reinstalled
>both drivers for each NIC. So far I cannot get the PC nor the Print server to
>connect to the network no matter what I do. Any ideas?
>
>All ideas are welcome. Thank you in advance.
>
>Scott

Try manually configuring the PC and print server to use 10Mb speed.
It's possible that they're configured for 100Mb speed and that the
cables to the second floor can only support the slower speed. That's
a common problem with home-made cables that don't observe the proper
wire pairing. 

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