[Gllug] bridging ports on a 3com switch

[Xander D Harkness]

Matthew Thompson wrote:
> On Friday, November 29, 2002, at 10:41 AM, Xander D Harkness wrote:
> 
>> John Hearns wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 28 Nov 2002, Xander D Harkness wrote:
>>>
>>>> My brother who is still stuck at work trying to get a wireless link 
>>>> going has run into a couple of difficulties.
>>>>
>>>> He has four wireless aerials two on either side of the divide.
>>>
>>> Xander, a diagram would help here.
>>
>> A diagram is attached
>>
>> It is channel bonding that is being used.  You are quite correct, the 
>> switches were purchased for this purpose.  They have worked at some 
>> point; however the behaviour they are exhibiting seemed very odd.
> 
> 
> Now I see.
> 
>> Obviously to ssh to a point there must be two way traffic; however 
>> this traffic may only be initiated from one side of the network.
>>
>>
>> Network X and Y are separated on the diagram to show two separate 
>> buildings.  They are both part of the same physical network 
>> 192.168.5.0/24
>>
>> I can Ping from X to Y and SSH from a host in building X to Y.  I 
>> cannot do the reverse.
>>
>> If A and B and C and D are swapped
>>
>> I can then ping from Y to X and ssh from a host in Y to X but I can no 
>> longer ping from X to Y or ssh.
> 
> 
> You're using straight cables I take it. Can you try swapping the cables 
> out for new or confirmed ones? Also does it work if you take one pair of 
> the wireless units out completely?
Yes it does.

I have used both sides individually.  I have been working on it today. 
It seems that one of the aerials has been working intermittently.  I 
have packed all up to be sent back.

It still does puzzle me how the network traffic would only be directed 
in such a bizarre fashion.

Thanks to all for the help :-))))

Kind regards
Xander
> 
> What wireless bridges are you using btw?
> 
> M at t :o)
> 
> 





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