There could be a speed or duplex mismatch between IDU and your new switch. Is there a way you can confirm that? Does the IDU have a GUI you can login to and check. What if you connect the IDU directly to the ODU? Probably there is a roll this switch was playing other than just connecting the two.
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 9:20 AM, byekwaso wilson <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi folks, > I apologize for cross posting but i have something bothering me. A > client of mine has got an DSL router connecting to an Alvarion IDU > which obviously connects to the ODU on the roof. But between the IDU > and the DSL router lies a switch. Originally it was a linksys Gigabit > switch there but it got fried up over the weekend by power . > Surprising enough ive tried replacing that switch with an 10/100 Mbps > switch but i cant get to the internet. And all my traceroutes are > timing out after my DSL router(which is my default gateway by the way) > and yet the 10/100 Mbps switch's leds are showing activity. Whats the > significance of the gigabit switch in this connection?? and why cant > it be replaced by an 10/100 Mbps switch?? Thnx in advance. > > Kind Regards > > > -- > > Wilson > Serval Ltd > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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