One possibility is a hardware problem with the switch. Try moving either and both the P/390 and the router to different ports in the switch and see if the problem remains, or follows the Linux system.
The MTU specified for your Linux system really should match that of all the other devices on that network segment. So, if you have 1492 for the Linux system, make sure all your other devices have the same value specified. In terms of getting updates, you say that the Linux system can see all the other devices on the segment. Download the updates to one of them, and then ship them over to the Debian system. Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alex J Burke Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 10:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Linux on P/390 help Hi, Sorry I have taken so long to reply. The network is very small at the moment - just changed the IPs slightly to make environment more consistent and easier to use the prefab linux image that gives me basic telnet access allowing base-config etc: P/390 linux 192.168.2.3----*** P/390 OS/2 192.168.2.2----*s* Station 1 192.168.2.4----*w* Station 2 192.168.2.5----*i* router 192.168.2.1----*t* *c* *t* *h* *** All are plugged into the same little ethernet switch. P/390 linux capable of seeing all the other computers, except router. I can ping from P/390 to other systems NO router, BUT other systems to P/390 AND router. Router is a netgear device, and interestingly it cant see the P/390 when I ask it to scan network for attached devices....it comes up with all the other systems. The system is offline for the moment, I will boot it tommorow and try and get some more data such as ifconfig and route -n. I cant really understand what could be going on here, apart from maybe the 1492 mtu that must be set in linux for the P/390 to correctly function causing something odd to happen, which I doubt it should. Small follow on question - if I cant get it working with my router and cannot immediately replace it, does anybody know what the best way of tackling debian updates would be? I only really need to install postgresql on the box and keep it up to date, could I just get the .deb files (only really feasible for one or two apps) or create a local repository? Thanks for all your help, Alex J Burke. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.690 / Virus Database: 451 - Release Date: 22/05/2004 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
