Re: [Dorset] Bizarre networking problem

2014-01-23 Thread Graeme Gemmill
Well, you could have knocked me down with a feather. I've lost Digest Vol 521 Issue 1, so I can't find who suggested swapping PLA2 and PLA3. With no expectation of success, I did, and the laptop then connected with the wider Internet and the DTa/DTb part of the network. What's more, when

Re: [Dorset] Bizarre networking problem

2014-01-21 Thread Simon P Smith
On 20/01/14 20:24, Peter Washington wrote: On 20/01/14 12:56, Graeme Gemmill wrote: At least, I think it's bizarre. Can someone suggest other tests to identify and resolve the problem? TIA Graeme, just a slight aside from me on the powerline devices. I use these to connect several devices

Re: [Dorset] Bizarre networking problem

2014-01-21 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Graeme, Wireless router is connected to: PLA 1 (powerline adaptor HP500), which connects to PLA2 (powerline adaptor HP500) and PLA3 (powerline adaptor HP200), which are geographically separated. PLA2 connects to Netgear

[Dorset] Bizarre networking problem

2014-01-20 Thread Graeme Gemmill
At least, I think it's bizarre. The problem concerns the ability of a laptop to connect to NFS shares on two desktop computers DTa and DTb. I am starting migration of my computers from Mandriva to OpenMandriva. Environment is: DTa runs Mandriva 2011.0 DTb runs OpenMandriva 2013 Laptop runs

Re: [Dorset] Bizarre networking problem

2014-01-20 Thread Peter Washington
Hi Graeme, One thing that jumps out at me is that the HP200 and HP500, (I'm assuming that these names refer to Home Plugs running at 200 and 500 Mb/s respectively), are not properly matched for speed, so when they work they are presumably throttling the whole system down to 200 Mb/s, this alone