Message-ID: <200011231014470321.299E512F@exchange1>
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 10:14:47 -0500
From: "Tim Duggan"
Thanks to all the input . Unfortunately the network is still DOA. The outut from the Evil Empire's ipconfig (Apollo) command is
Host Name: Apollo.datalong DNS Server: IP: 192.168.100.2 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Gateway: 192.168.100.1
When I run YAST2 (Zues) I get the following:
network card: Realtek Semiconductor Co, Ltd. RT8139 IP Address: 192.168.100.1 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Default gateway: 192.168.100.1 Host name: zues Domain name: datalong Name server list: Domain search list: local
Looks OK.
I get some interesting behavior when connecting to the hub and switch. I have an ethernet cable running between two rooms with wall
jacks at each end. When I connect from the wall jack to the uplink port (or any other port) in the hub the led does not light up.
The switch is an 8 port switch with 2 port 8's...the graphics on the
switch indicates one of these ports is straight thru and the other is for a crossover cable. When I plugin a straight cable to the cross over port the led lights up. When I plug a crossover cable into the straight port the led lights up, but not vice versa.
What is at the other end of the cable? This is the proper behavior if the other end is a computer or a hub's uplink port.
I think that I must have a wiring problem. Any hints are appreciated.
I agree with your assessment. The easiest test is to take the hub into the same room as the switch and use a straight cable known to be good to connect the hubs uplink port to the switch's crossover #8 port (or any lower numbered port, as they are also crossover ports). If the leds come on both devices, you have a wiring prob. (hopefully just a bad end connection, but if it's inside you might be able to use the old cable to pull the new stuff through) if not it may be a dead port. For the latter case you want to check the other ports in sequence. As you noted, check them with a straight cable on the "normal" (and crossover #8) ports and a crossover cable on the hub's uplink and the switch's straight 8. Good luck, Tim