In radio terms "you have rf on your coax shield" which can be bad.
At 12:30 PM 5/4/97 +0000, you wrote:
>OK, now I've seen alot of crazy fixes... but could someone please
>explain this:
>
>I was working on a friend's 100 mbps Fast Ethernet network. One of the
>40' lines we had ran suddenly quit working. So we replaced the cable and
>put new connectors on and it worked. Except it was pinging about 45%
>successful and 0% if you used a larger packet (4K).
>
>By about 1 am, we were desperate. I wound up a couple feet of cable in
>my hands making a small 4" coil. Suddenly packets were flying once
>again. So we taped the cable, let go of it and once again, pings were
>unsuccessful. So we took a donut looking metal piece and wrapped the
>cable around it in a coil fashion. The rate rose to about 75%
>successful. Good enough!!!
>
>There was another line which had been run right next to the original
>cable. Although it worked perfectly, we tried disconnecting it and only
>running one cable at a time. This had no effect.
>
>Any ideas on why this happened ????
>No transmitters were being used at the time. Any ideaS???
>
>Thanks - Tim/kb8eht
>
73, de Karl aka k5di
Karl F. Larsen Box 74, Mesilla Park, NM 88047 (505) 524-3303
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