On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 03:09:37PM +0530, Siju George wrote: > On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Claudio Jeker > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Try using a cross-over cable. > > > > Thanks for the idea Claudio. > > The cross over cable does not work either. >
You might have auto-negotiation problems, try to force a different mode. i guess that 100 full-duplex should work. also try to use a cable that is at least 2m long. # ifconfig em0 media 100baseTx mediaopt full-duplex or to list the available options for your NIC: # ifconfig em0 media > Whatis amazing for me is that it can be connected to a laptop but not > to a desktop computer? > It connects to a Windows XP laptop and I can connect to the internet > but it will not show link up if I connect it to a Windows XP desktop > or a linux desktop or my OpenBSD firewall. > try to figure out the link speed that windows is using to connect to the modem. but i don't know a way to figure out the duplex state on windows. > The ISP told us that it should be given to some device like fortigate you should change the ISP for giving such a misleading advise. reyk
