Network problem
Paul Howarth
paul at city-fan.org
Wed Feb 23 07:58:45 UTC 2005
On Wed, 2005-02-23 at 02:11 +0100, Mats Erlandson wrote:
> What is so strange, is that the computer can talk to all local addresses
> except the switch (192.168.0.1) and two other computers on the local
> network can talk to it, all obviously through the switch both ways.
> This shows that the cabling is OK, and that the problem is probably in
> the routing on the computer (not allowing it to connect directly to the
> switch) or in the switch, not accepting communication from the
> computer. The switch routes properly for the other computers on the
> network and can be managed from either one (tested) but not from the
> problem child. If I change the configuration on the computer to use
> DHCP (and rebooting) the computer does not get (receive/accept) the DHCP
> configuration and is thus 'dead', i.e. no communication to nor from any
> computer. Therefore, until the communication to/from the switch is OK I
> am using a static address. To eliminate hardware faults possible in the
> ethernet port on the motherboard (eth0) I installed a network card,
> tested to perform OK in another computer, and disabled the motherboard
> port using the BIOS. With only an expansion ethernet card active in the
> computer I made the same tests with the same results. This seems to
> eliminate network card problem in the computer. My current setup is, as
> per the first paragraph above, motherboard ethernet port only with
> static address. Still no joy. I am at a loss.
Desperate times call for desperate measures. Have you tried a different
cable and a different switch port?
Paul.
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Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org>
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