Nadav, Did you see the following question? I saw no report of tests due to the question.
--- Omer -------- Forwarded Message -------- From: Omer Zak <w...@zak.co.il> To: linux-il <linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il> Subject: Re: Can there be an Ethernet Switch that doesn't work with Linux??? Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:40:26 +0300 On Sun, 2010-08-29 at 00:27 +0300, Nadav Har'El wrote: > Now, what happens is that while my wife's Windows computer works well with > that switch, my Linux computer does not. Sniffing the network, I see that > my Linux computer sends out DHCP broadcasts (to get an IP address from the > house's DHCP server) or ARP broadcasts (to contact the gateway), but while > replies for these queries are being generated, they are not forwarded by the > switch to my Linux computer! [... snipped ...] > I could have concluded that that EDIMAX switch is simply broken, if it > weren't for the fact the Windows computer works perfectly behind it! What > could possibly be the cause for the Windows computer to connect correctly > behind the switch, while the Linux computer doesn't? Has anyone ever seen > such a problem? Do the replies to the DHCP and ARP broadcasts of the MS-Windows computer get forwarded to it by the switch? If yes, are they formatted any differently from those of the Linux machine? --- Omer -- Shakespeare Monkeys: cat /dev/urandom | strings -n 16 My own blog is at http://www.zak.co.il/tddpirate/ My opinions, as expressed in this E-mail message, are mine alone. They do not represent the official policy of any organization with which I may be affiliated in any way. WARNING TO SPAMMERS: at http://www.zak.co.il/spamwarning.html _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
