I hope I've understood the problem. You can't get the Windows XP machine to connect to your network while connected to the switch and it works when connected to the hub? OK
Try this > Right click My Network Places > Select properties A window will open listing your Local Area Connection(s) Right click Local Area Connection > Select Properties A window will open that says the name/model of the network card. Click Configure > A window will open > Select the Advanced tab. You want to change the setting for Duplex Setting (or something similar) It should currently be set to Auto-Negotiate. Change this to 10MB or 100MB. DO NOT USE 100MB FULL DUPLEX unless you have straight network cables (NO CROSSOVER cable) They use different wiring patterns and are incompatible. If this fixes the problem then the reason that the problem has occurred is that some switches do not Auto-Negotiate speeds with certain models of network cards. I hope this solves your problem. Don't forget that the ping command is your friend when testing network connectivity. David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Eastman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: gmane.linux.gentoo.user Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 12:03 AM Subject: Re: Offtopic: Network switch driving me crazy. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
