On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 02:25:22PM +0100, Roel Schroeven wrote:
> >I'm pretty sure it's the other way around... the switch is smart enough to
> >adapt, and the hub is stupid.
>
> Perhaps that sounds more sensible, but it wouldn't explain the observed
> behavior. Mind you, I'm not claiming that my explanation is the right
> one; it's just a possibilty. Weird behavior asks for creative
> explanations ;)
True I'll have to check the documentation for it in the morning :-)
> >Oh, here's another clue: Although there was *no* successful pinging
> >taking place the XP box *did* manage to at least resolve a MAC address
> >occasionally, sometimes typing 'arp -a' in the shell (the equivalent of
> >'arp' in linux) did manage to get the right MAC address... other times it
> >just printed the MAC as all zeros (00:00:00:etc)
>
> That's his own MAC address, or the one from another computer?
That's a MAC address for the computer I was trying to ping FROM his computer.
Sometimes it got the MAC, and sometimes not.
> >I even tried turning off every computer in the house, the DSL router and
> >the switch, which sucked coz I lost my 51 day uptime on my p133 gentoo
> >server :-(
>
> I feel the pain... I've found myself having to reboot my computer in
> order the change the parallel port to EPP for my scanner to work.
> Unsuccesfully, even.
Thanks all for your help... I'm going to just crash now and see if I
can get it running in the morning. Too late to think about it now :-)
I'll let you know if I have better luck later.
Tom
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