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Kfir Lavi wrote: |
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> > do you have a manual for the board? what does it say about what |
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> > you can do with the usb link? |
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> We have configured this board via USB using windows, so I guess I |
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> should be able to use the board over USB. |
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You should be able to also configure the board over USB using Linux |
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of course. But if Windows with vendor software did not expose a |
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networking interface for the switch then Linux probably also can not. |
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I find it very likely that the USB interface is only for |
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configuration and not actual network packets. |
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It is definately possible to have USB network interfaces, but that |
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is not something that would be built-in to a switch. Can you look at |
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the board and identify some chips? If not, maybe you can post a |
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high-resolution photo where chip markings are visible? Then people |
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with good experience from the chips could help you identify what |
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chips are being used, and make some informed guesses about |
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capabilities of the different interfaces. |
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(Assuming that there is no information about what you can and can not |
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do in documentation or otherwise available from the vendor, in which |
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case that would of course be a much more efficient source of |
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information. :) |
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//Peter |
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