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Asante MacCon IIsi SE/30, link light does not come on, but its on at the switch
Posted by: K Trueno on 2019-04-17 11:58:11
Hi I have recently acquired (another, I don't have a problem I promise) SE/30 with an Asante MacCon, but when I plug it into the switch the light on the card does not come on.  It does come on though at the router end.

I have an existing SE/30 with a MacCon as well, and that machine does show a link light on both ends (same cable).  The only difference between the two is that are the connectors available:  The working one has the "Thick" and the RJ45 with a little switch, and the non-working one has the "Thick", RJ45, and BNC connectors.

Any quick thoughts?  I found a manual online and I didn't see anything obvious....

Asante Troubleshooter detects the card and passes the tests (minus the loopback and ping-pong one).

Thanks!
Posted by: K Trueno on 2019-04-17 21:07:02
Success!  After more experimentation, it turns out the ribbon cable to the daughter card was flipped backwards.  So remember: white dot to white dot!

Don't know if it just never worked for the previous owner, or maybe it worked on the BNC / Thick connection the way it is, but there you go.  :?:

Posted by: CC_333 on 2019-04-18 00:30:16
Wow! you're lucky that didn't fry anything!

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Posted by: Bolle on 2019-04-18 00:39:18
I had that backwards as well because one of my ribbons doesn’t have a white dot.

It doesn’t seem to hurt anything because I seem to remember I did run it quite some time that way doing troubleshooting before I noticed it was backwards.

Gotta look at the pinouts again and see what gets connected when you flip the connector around.
Posted by: K Trueno on 2019-04-18 08:27:48
Wow! you're lucky that didn't fry anything!

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Yeah, was confusing considering the link light on the hub/switch side was lighting up.  Supposedly that lights up with RX wires are working. 

I had that backwards as well because one of my ribbons doesn’t have a white dot.

It doesn’t seem to hurt anything because I seem to remember I did run it quite some time that way doing troubleshooting before I noticed it was backwards.

Gotta look at the pinouts again and see what gets connected when you flip the connector around.


Yeah weird.  Which daughterboard do you have?  I have one with Thick and RJ45 (and a little slide switch), and the one that didn't work when flipped had Thick, Thin, and RJ45.
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