Glen Tyler wrote:
Part of the problem may be that I am using a home-made crossover cable -
*shudder* its very easy to make cables that look as though they will work, work sometimes and so on. Go and buy a cable unless you have a cable tester and can be 100% sure that it will work, In the past when making cables it has been a fiddly pain in the bum and only ever done when really necessary and the long term success rate even with all of the proper crimping tools and cable testers was at best "low"
What you would be best of doing is buying a hub or even better a switch, as they are cheap and a couple of patch cables. Connecting a crossover between two machines doesn't actually have to work, so even if your cable is ok they may not like one another. Basically imho I would rather spend maybe 30 quid and know its going to work instead of stabbing in the dark with "hmmmm, it worked a minute ago" or "well it should work but it doesn't"
Adam