I was trying to run a single client (until system grows to require a network switch) with a crossover wire.
That did not work and I went ahead and bought a 5-port switch. All works. Thanks. On Tue, 2008-07-29 at 06:48 -0500, Bob Wooden wrote: > Thanks Jim and David, I will not have time to try these suggestions > until tomorrow night. > > Jim, no, not on same switch as local lan. > > David, have been debating whether to change RTL8139 to some form of > 10/100/1000 card. Prefer to solve problem I am having first. And. maybe, > (by your suggestion) swapping nic card "jobs" will solve my problem. > > On Mon, 2008-07-28 at 22:50 -0600, David Burgess wrote: > > >> Bob Wooden wrote: > > >> I am unable to get activity on my (RTL8139) eth1 nic card. My primary > > >> (onboard) nic (eth0) connects (static address) to my local lan network. > > >> My second nic card is assigned to LTSP. The interfaces eth0 and eth1 > > >> appear in ifconfig. My OS (Ubuntu 8.04LTS-64bit) "sees" the second card > > >> and reports it via "network-admin". > > >> > > >> My system is: > > >> Intel MB DG35EC > > >> Intel Q6600 > > >> primary nic is onboard 10/100/1000 (Intel 82566DC) > > >> secondary nic is RTL8139 (occupies only PCI interface on MB) > > >> > > >> Thinking I had a bad RTL8139, I tried a different RTL8139. > > >> > > >> Still no LED activity (on back of computer) on eth1. > > >> > > >> Now, I realize this is not a LTSP issue, but I am not sure what to try > > >> next. Any suggestions? > > > > sudo ethtool eth1 > > as Jim mentioned, this will give you some info on the interfaces status. > > > > dmesg | grep eth1 > > This might give you some more insight. > > > > sudo tcpdump -i eth1 > > This will show you any traffic going in or out of said interface. > > > > Bob, as an aside, the onboard intel network interface is far superior > > to the realtek--opposite ends of the spectrum, really. At 'internet' > > speeds, i.e., <10mbps, you won't really see the difference, but at > > 50mbps+, such as seen on even small thin client networks, the intel > > ethernet offloads much of the cpu's work onto the ethernet controller, > > resulting in lower system load on your server. I've read too that > > intel interfaces have better latency, which is a good thing with > > remote X sessions such as in ltsp. I highly recommend putting the > > intel NIC on your thin-client side and the RTL or whatever you go with > > on the WAN side. > > > > db > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > > prizes > > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
