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From: das@eplunix.UUCP (David Steffens)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: yet another problem with Ethernet transceiver-cable clips
Message-ID: <658@eplunix.UUCP>
Date: 21 Sep 88 18:56:06 GMT
References: <1988Sep15.191100.17488@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: Eaton-Peabody Lab, Boston, MA
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In article <1988Sep15.191100.17488@utzoo.uucp>,
henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes about Ethernet cable clips:
> ... I knew from our Suns that the clips didn't always hold snugly enough
> to maintain contact, but I had sort of thought that contact was boolean:
> either yes or no.  Silly me...

You betcha... Some years ago when I was still new to networks
I had a failure where just a receive pin was disconnected!
Packets were transmitted ok but _none_ were ever received.
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