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<DIV><FONT size=2>Hi Kevin,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>I just finished reading all the messages regarding you router
troubles. Not sure if this is the straight scoop on this but about 6 months
ago I was putting together a Coyote router for my parents. Well I never did
manage to get a pair of 3c509 NICs to work together. I swapped one of the 3com
cards for a Linksys card with a freinds and it has been working ever since. See
if you can borrow a NIC from someone and see if that fixes it. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>On my personal Coyote router I have a 3c900 TPO connected to
the outside (cable modem) and a 3c905 TX connected to a Netgear 10/100 switch
for the internal network. Works great and considering the router was built
entirely from system pulls the cost was right! I only wish it was as small
as those tiny Linksys routers.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Mitch</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>