[K12OSN] Setting up a Managed Switch
Carl Keil
carl at snarlnet.com
Sat Oct 6 07:18:35 UTC 2007
Hi Folks,
I just bought a used 3Com Superstack 3, 26 port switch, with Gigabit
uplink. When I transfer all the ethernet cables over to it from a fully
working install of K12LTSP with 7 clients. The clients can't boot past
a certain point. They do the DHCP handshake ok, but they lock up trying
to find the NFS server at 192.168.0.254. When I move the cables back to
the other switch, the clients boot normally and quickly.
Can anyone diagnose my problem with the Superstack from that
description? What do I need to change? I've telnetted into it via the
serial port, but I'm bewildered by all the options. I've never set up a
managed switch before. I'm wondering also, if I reinstall the BIOS or
OS, or whatever it is on this switch, will it just work? If I restore
it to factory defaults?
Any thoughts would be appreciated. I'm also wondering if there's anyone
in the Portland area that would be willing to configure this switch for
me, if I brought it over. I feel a bit out of my depth. I could pay,
maybe $50, if that's not a completely insultingly small amount.
Thanks for any replies.
ck
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