On Sat, Feb 06, 2010 at 06:27:11PM +0100, Sebastiano Pomata wrote: > Il 06/02/10 17:33, Kenneth R Westerback ha scritto: > > Optimally you now need to check what the switch port is > > configured/negotiated to. e.g. if it has ended up in 10/half you > > have a problem. Ditto for the connections for the other device. > > > > If you have no access to the switch you can try every manual media > > setting to force your OpenBSD boxen to the different possibilities > > and see if any work better. > > > > .... Ken > > I have physical access to the switch, it's in the same room of OpenBSD > and Linux boxes. But have no idea on how to get info about every > single port, it's a 3com router with a plain simple web interface. The > "status" section of the web interface doesn't offer that much, and I'm > pretty sure that router doesn't like being telnetted to discover more. > Anyway, green led blinking on router suggests me (as user's manual > states) that it's going in 100Mbps, although no mention whether is > full or half duplex. > > thanks >
Alternatively, try another switch or a cross-over cable to directly connect the two boxes. .... Ken
