That was one of the things I tried....
Incidentally, the router was set up using the "internet" socket, so it's
nothing so simple as a faulty socket. I tried swapping the plugs later.
On 29/03/07, Hugo Mills <hugo@???> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 03:38:14PM +0100, Chris. Aubrey-Smith wrote:
> > Just to report that I have (sort of) resolved the problem, by ignoring
> the
> > manufacturer's setup instructions and resorting to instinct. If I plug
> my
> > internet connection (from a Thomson SpeedTouch 536) into the RJ45 socket
> > marked "internet", as instructed, it won't work. If I plug it into one
> (any)
> > of the other four RJ45 sockets, everything works perfectly.
> >
> > Does anyone know/can anyone suggest why?
>
> It could be that it's expecting a cross-over cable, and you're
> using a normal one, or vice versa.
>
> Hugo.
>
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