Is the ethernet cable a crossover cable or regular? it has to be a crossover cable if you are only connecting one machine without a hub. Russell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Hazelrig-Mirsky" <mirrig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 5:45 PM Subject: [amayausers] Help >I purchased a used Amaya. It has not been used for at least two months >now. It took a while to convince the previous owner that the dongle belongs >with the software, not the computer. I finally got brave enough to connect >the machine. I resolved some issues with the computer and decided to use an >older computer with the OS only. Its 384 MB Ram, 30GB hard drive, Windows >XP and a Pentium 4 processor. Ethernet has to be handled through a USB >adapter because the computer doesn't have an ethernet connection built in. >So far, no problems with the Amaya OS. Turned the machine on and the >standard start up stuff - laser and status lights. the status light goes >from green to red. Software apparently works. Machine apparently works. >But the software and= > the machine do not know the other exists. I purchased a new Melco > ethernet cable and the machines still haven't been introduced. Can > someone point me in the right direction to look for the cure? The > Operator's tool kit is > on back order -- won't arrive until after St. Patty's day. As time > permits I will look back through the postings to learn as much as I can. > I want to make sure the machine is running before I spend the money to > transfer the license on the OS software or decide to sell it and buy a new > one - might be less expensive after all. :-) Thank you! > >