I can recall the same sort of problems with Ericsson Congo Routers and
anything they had to autonegotiate with.....a software flash cured the
problem. An inscrutable glitch.....
Karl
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Borghese"
To:
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 2:17 PM
Subject: Re: Problem with home network [7:6922]
> Ok, I changed the HUP with a 10/100 MB switch. That fixed the problem.
> Why? I have no idea. It is quite puzzling how a hub would affect the
> connection one hop away.
>
> I am wondering if it is a combination of the hub/ethernet card/ and
software
> problem (as described in another response). This started when I upgraded
> the kernel to the latest version.
>
> Anyway changing the hub fixed the problem. I just bugs the heck out of
me.
>
> Take care,
>
> Paul Borghese
>
> W. Alan Robertson wrote:
> >
> > Paul,
> >
> > If the ethernet driver was setting the card up for 100Mbps, and
> > you
> > were using a 10Mbps Hub, then you'd likely get no connectivity
> > at all,
> > rather than partial connectivity with a high percentage of
> > packet
> > loss.
> >
> > I'd be inclined to look into the duplex settings, as Daniel
> > mentioned.
> > A hub, even a so-called "dual-speed" hub, doesn't have the
> > capability
> > of providing for full duplex operation. When you cable the two
> > machine together directly, they can communicate in full-duplex,
> > which
> > is most likely the reason the problem goes away when not using
> > the
> > hub. Manually configure both the Linux box, and the PC, for
> > half-duplex operation, and your problem should go away.
> >
> > Alan
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