On Sun, 22 Dec 2002, Bill Barnes wrote: > I have 3 pc\'s. 1 running smoothwall and 2 running mandrake 9.0. > I have purchased a Sky Link Net 1008 8 port N-Way Fast Ethernet Switch and 3 Cat 5 >UTP cables. > When I connect all 3 pcs via this Switch ( the Smoothwall box on the uplink port and >the mandrake boxes on any port from 2 to 8) I cannot access the smoothwall box by >ping or by browser. > > Am I correct in assuming that I have either a bad Switch or at leasr 2 bad Cat 5 >cables?
No. You have misunderstood the purpose of the 'Uplink' port. The upling port is a special port for connecting to another hub or switch. You need all three cables to be plugged into 'ordinary' ports as they are all ordinary network cards. :) Also beware that the uplink port is usually shared with either the first or last port, and you can't use that socket if you're using the uplink. -- Jess. (Everything with a grin :) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
