Re: ADSL problems with 10/100 NICs

2001-06-12 Thread Yaron Zabary
On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, Shaul Karl wrote: > I am not sure I understand the differences between a hub and a switch. Am I > right in saying that these 2 devices operate at 2 distinct layers? Ethernet (10base5, or 10base2) is shared media (everyone gets everyone's traffic). A hub (10baseT) does the

Re: ADSL problems with 10/100 NICs

2001-06-10 Thread Shaul Karl
e switch and they are the reason > > > your sessions broke up. > > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > > > Behalf Of Aviram Jenik > > > Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 8:48 AM > > > T

Re: ADSL problems with 10/100 NICs

2001-06-10 Thread Yaron Zabary
On Fri, 8 Jun 2001, Henry Fischer wrote: > > There's nothing of that sort - no serial connection, not any other > > connection. The documentation mentions nothing about configuring the switch > > by software or by any other means. > > - Aviram > > I find it very unlikely that there's no way to c

RE: ADSL problems with 10/100 NICs

2001-06-10 Thread Ariel Biener
> > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > > Behalf Of Aviram Jenik > > Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 8:48 AM > > To: Shaul Karl > > Cc: linux ILUG > > Subject: Re: ADSL problems with 10/100 NICs >

RE: ADSL problems with 10/100 NICs

2001-06-10 Thread Yaron Zabary
the switch and they are the reason > your sessions broke up. > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Aviram Jenik > Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 8:48 AM > To: Shaul Karl > Cc: linux ILUG > Subject: Re: ADSL problems

ADSL problems with 10/100 NICs: solved

2001-06-08 Thread Aviram Jenik
I appreciate the help I received, but I'm very certain this switch is not configurable - it has no serial port, the CD that came with it doesn't have any executables (only manual pages), nothing in the docs mentions configuration of some kind, and there's no buttons or switches (except the uplink

RE: ADSL problems with 10/100 NICs

2001-06-08 Thread fredy
addy. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Henry Fischer Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 11:15 AM To: Linux-IL Mailing list Subject: Re: ADSL problems with 10/100 NICs > There's nothing of that sort - no serial connection, not any other >

RE: ADSL problems with 10/100 NICs

2001-06-08 Thread fredy
witch is non-configurable, either replace it or start working on the card which is cheaper to replace in the worst case. -Original Message- From: Shaul Karl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 2:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Aviram Jenik; linux ILUG Subject: Re: ADSL

Re: ADSL problems with 10/100 NICs

2001-06-08 Thread Henry Fischer
> There's nothing of that sort - no serial connection, not any other > connection. The documentation mentions nothing about configuring the switch > by software or by any other means. > - Aviram I find it very unlikely that there's no way to configure your switch. I think all modern hubs/switche

Re: ADSL problems with 10/100 NICs

2001-06-08 Thread Aviram Jenik
> Check the switch in the back (or front...i dont know what your switch looks > like) > it should have at least a serial connection, its the direct cable > connection. There's nothing of that sort - no serial connection, not any other connection. The documentation mentions nothing about configu

Re: ADSL problems with 10/100 NICs

2001-06-08 Thread Shaul Karl
> Unlike a 10/100 hub a switch will not automatically handle differences in > communication speeds. Isn't a switch considered more sophist acted device then a hub? Can you give pointers for what you wrote? Can you specify manufactures models in case you are considering equipment you are fami

RE: ADSL problems with 10/100 NICs

2001-06-07 Thread fredy
used switch? did someone configure it before you? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Aviram Jenik Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 8:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Eran Levy Subject: Re: ADSL problems with 10/100 NICs > Hi, > I dont know exact

Re: ADSL problems with 10/100 NICs

2001-06-07 Thread Yaron Zabary
On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Aviram Jenik wrote: > I'm having a strange problem with my ADSL connection. I'm not sure the > problem is Linux related (probably isn't), but hopefully the solution is > Linux related :-) > > I recently replaced my home network's hub with a dual-speed switch (3Com's > officec

Re: ADSL problems with 10/100 NICs

2001-06-07 Thread Aviram Jenik
> Hi, > I dont know exactly but from my experience the problem should be a > misconfiguration in your switch. Yes, that sounds like it. There doesn't seem to be a way to configure the switch, though. - Aviram = To unsubscribe, se

Re: ADSL problems with 10/100 NICs

2001-06-07 Thread Eran Levy
Hi, I dont know exactly but from my experience the problem should be a misconfiguration in your switch. At 18:06 07/06/01 +0200, you wrote: >Hi, > > > At home I had a similar > > problem which turned out to be wrong MTU. So I suggest you check the > > ADSL Howto and verify that you have lowered M

Re: ADSL problems with 10/100 NICs

2001-06-07 Thread Aviram Jenik
Hi, > At home I had a similar > problem which turned out to be wrong MTU. So I suggest you check the > ADSL Howto and verify that you have lowered MTU on all workstations or > implemented the iptables fix if you have 2.4 kernel. > Seems strange to me that the problem would be MTU related, since t

RE: ADSL problems with 10/100 NICs

2001-06-07 Thread Haim Gelfenbeyn
f fredy > Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 1:02 PM > To: Aviram Jenik; Shaul Karl > Cc: linux ILUG > Subject: RE: ADSL problems with 10/100 NICs > > > Unlike a 10/100 hub a switch will not automatically handle > differences in > communication speeds. > I never used 3com

RE: ADSL problems with 10/100 NICs

2001-06-07 Thread fredy
]On Behalf Of Aviram Jenik Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 8:48 AM To: Shaul Karl Cc: linux ILUG Subject: Re: ADSL problems with 10/100 NICs > > My guess is that those machines are sending packets in 100mbps whereas the > > Linux machine uses a 10mbps card and loses packets, which re

Re: ADSL problems with 10/100 NICs

2001-06-06 Thread Aviram Jenik
> > My guess is that those machines are sending packets in 100mbps whereas the > > Linux machine uses a 10mbps card and loses packets, which results in a > > broken connection. > > I was under the impression that a good dual-speed switch should handle those speed differences by itself, transparen

Re: ADSL problems with 10/100 NICs

2001-06-06 Thread Shaul Karl
> I'm having a strange problem with my ADSL connection. I'm not sure the > problem is Linux related (probably isn't), but hopefully the solution is > Linux related :-) > > I recently replaced my home network's hub with a dual-speed switch (3Com's > officeconnect) that supports both 10 and 100 con

ADSL problems with 10/100 NICs

2001-06-06 Thread Aviram Jenik
I'm having a strange problem with my ADSL connection. I'm not sure the problem is Linux related (probably isn't), but hopefully the solution is Linux related :-) I recently replaced my home network's hub with a dual-speed switch (3Com's officeconnect) that supports both 10 and 100 connections. My