Is it stuck in 10M mode as realtek chips sometimes do (check properties). Check out mii-diag at http://www.scyld.com/diag/index.html if you can boot it into linux using a livecd. There's prob a doze equivalent.
BillK On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 09:48, Tom Eastman wrote: > Sorry guys, this is almost completely offtopic but I thought someone in here > might be knowledgeable enough to help me out. > > My LAN up until now ran on a DSL Modem that doubled as a four-port 10mbit > Network hub (It's a Nokia M1122). Today I bought a Speedcom 8-port 10/100 > switching hub to plug all the computers into, for the speed, extra ports and > better security. > > Now, it all works perfectly with all my LAN computers plugged into it and it > in turn plugged into to hub built in to the DSL modem. EXCEPT for one > computer. When I have it plugged into the switch it simply will not > communicate with *anything*. No pings either two or from any other > computers. > > Unfortunately, his computer is an XP box (Intel, with what I think is an intel > motherboard) with a built in realtek network chipset. So that's the main > reason this is really offtopic. > > This is out of my realm of experience... I was under the impression that > network switches were supposed to just *work*, and it certainly worked fine > for everyone else on the network! > > There's a trust issue here as well. His computer only seems to work when > plugged into the DSL modem/hub and not the seperate switch. Which means he > could quite happily sniff away at all outgoing connections. Frankly, it was > to prevent this that I bought the switch in the first place! (It's still > possible to sniff on a switch, but as far as I understand it's impossible to > do it without being detected by tools such as 'arpwatch' or running 'ettercap > -Nc'. > > Does anyone have any ideas as to what to try? I haven't tried a different > cable, but that doesn't really make sense since it works fine on the hub. Or > could it be the faster speed of the switch that's causing the cable to be a > problem? > > I'm frustrated, out of ideas and don't really know where to turn to... I know > this isn't a gentoo question but didn't really have anywhere else to turn. > > Thanks for any help you can give me! > > Tom > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- William Kenworthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
