> windsurferLA wrote:
>> Location #2 ? WORKS fine when linked by home built 40? long
>> CAT5 cable. Location #3 ? DOES NOT WORK when linked by home
>> built 100? long CAT5 cable. ? Not only is there no communication
>> over the link, but the lights on both routers do not even
>> indicate a connection. YET, if at this same location #3, the
>> 100? long cable is plugged into any one of several computers,
>> the connection indicator lights come on immediately, and full
>> normal network access is quickly obtained.

These homebuilt cables, which wiring pattern did you use?
T-568A or -B ? If you don't know what I'm talking about,
it is highly likely you split a pair.

Please do not complain "but the other comp works".
Difference NICs and drivers are more error-tolerant
and have more robust fall-backs.

Electrons may be color blind, but they _do_ know
who their dance [twist] partners are.

-- Robert