Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!mailrus!ncar!husc6!think!eplunix!das 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 Lines: 13 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. -- {harvard,mit-eddie,think}!eplunix!das David Allan Steffens 243 Charles St., Boston, MA 02114 Eaton-Peabody Laboratory (617) 573-3748 Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary