On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 11:23:29 -0500, RB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > As things stand, devices on separate ports are capable of communicating >> > with each other, but the traffic is unseen on fxp0. >> Well, this is the normal behaviour of a switch... > >Agreed - I was just more hoping it was implemented as a bridge instead >of as a simple port on the switch. The last OS on the system had >port-level control over the switch, so there's got to be some control >channel, be it out-of-band over the link, a PCI ioctl, or something. >Guess I'll install Linux on it (my comfort zone) and poke around. >Still open for suggestions, though.
The 5 port embedded switch is completely separate from the 82559ER and is probably linked without ethernet level conversion. Usually there are a small number of I/O lines or a serial interface for control. You can probably get the IC part number for the switch by visual inspection and possibly a data sheet through Google. The controllers I am familiar with even have configurable limited VLAN support. The Realtek RTL8305SC is typical: http://www.realtek.com.tw/products/productsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=20&PFid=20&Level=5&Conn=4&ProdID=31
