Stupid Mac Ethernet question

"Richard A. Cini" wrote: I may be way off base, but I've have some odd troubles over the years with older 10-baseT interfaces and some "switches". Usually these switches claim to be some sort of 10/100 hub. I suspect the real problem is that one side or the other is not properly advertising as per the x-baseT specification and the negotiation fails. But it doesn't really matter to you or I when we need to get the link light lit. My solution is to find a plain old 10-baseT only hub (hard to find these days) and connect it in-between the older device and the newer hub. This fixed the problem for me. I don't know why. (I actually suspect the hub - I'd be curious what 10/100 hub you are using - some chipsets are not quite compliant in my not-so-humble opinion). I'd be curious to hear how this resolves. -brad