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Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> Note that there is no link for any of the 100Mb settings. This is |
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> verified looking at the switch itself as the link light turns off. |
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> Actually, I had never noticed that the 100 light was not turning on |
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> before today. so much for plug and play! (My bad...me stupido...) ;-) |
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Hehehe. Until you push the network, you probably would never really |
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notice. :) |
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> dragonfly ~ # mii-tool -r |
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> restarting autonegotiation... |
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> dragonfly ~ # mii-tool -v |
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> eth0: autonegotiation failed, link ok |
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I must admit - this I find quite interesting. Somewhere along the line, |
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the switch and the interface aren't talking to each other. |
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> OK, so something is having trouble with this negotiation stuff. I'll |
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> drag out some new cables after I send this and see what happens with |
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> that. I looked at the LinkSys switch docs again. There are no user |
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> settings that I see to get the switch to support 100Mb/S. It's |
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> supposed to be automatic. |
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Your cables could be an issue. For 100MBps you really need Cat5, |
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although Cat4 may be able to handle it (just not ideal). Cat5e is |
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generally the best as (IIRC) it supports up to Gigabit ethernet. |
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> Again, thanks very much. mii-tool is very helpful. I'll also have to |
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> look at mii-diag to see if it can help with this problem. |
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Depending on the two computer locations, you could try connecting the |
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two computers together via a crossover cable and seeing how the |
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autonegoition works. |
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I think there are some switches which require all ports/nodes to be on |
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the same speed/duplex settings as it can't handle the differences, |
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although I find that unlikely with any modern switch (personally, I'm |
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running two Netgear Switches - FS105, 5-port & FS108, 8-port, and they |
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can handle multiple node-types - all systems are on 100baseTx-FD whereas |
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my VoIP phone is 10base-HD, and they all work without a problem). |
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Try disconnecting one system and restarting the switch to see if one |
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node is causing a problem. Also, if you can, try a crossover cable to |
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see if it's the switch causing the problem and not the computers. |
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