[Doug-RingParticipant]

No problem! Gaelic is a pretty weird language for spelling. For example, it has no ‘v’ in its alphabet – ‘mh’ is the equivalent. So the name ‘Mhairi’ is prononounced ‘Va-ree’…

[Doug-RingParticipant]

Solved it!

The “mystery IP address” was the PC’s own wireless card. As soon as I disabled wireless access everything worked.

So my theory about the critical cable length is that a short cable could allow the ethernet to connect before the wireless did, whereas a longer cable allowed the wireless to connect first. Of course, since I had no wireless router in place the connection would fail.

All is fine now, but talk about a learning curve! []

[Doug-RingParticipant]

Thanks for the reply Mr B.

Yes, the network settings look okay, and the PC can ping the Mix Rack whatever the length of cable.

No router or switch – it’s a direct connection.

Yes, the yellow triangle appears.

Since I posted I’ve found out some more. If I connect the PC directly to the rack, Editor will work as long as the cable length is below 3 metres. Above that it fails to connect and the error messages in the log file claim the system is looking for an address that isn’t on the system – from memory, something like 192.168.213.1

I haven’t ruled out the possibility of the PC being faulty, so the next step is to try another computer.

I’d still welcome any comments though – why should the cable length be such an issue, especially over such a short run?

[Doug-RingParticipant]

You mean slainte! Take it from a Scot!

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