[Gllug] Strange network behaviour

[Adrian McMenamin]

On Sunday 18 May 2003 20:17, Alistair Mann wrote:
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> Thus spaketh Adrian McMenamin on Sunday 18 May 2003 7:01 pm:
> > I have a 10/100 Mb switch and a 10 Mb hub. The 10 Mb hub is connected to
> > the 100 Mb switch.
> >
> > Well, I have connected two other computers to the hub (a Power PC running
> > Mac OS 9 and a nix box). They work fine, connecting to the internet via
> > the gateway - which is connected to the switch.
> >
> > But when I attach my Thinkpad, also running Linux (RH 8) it cannot
> > connect to or ping the gateway. But it can connect to and ping another
> > box connected to the switch.
> >
> > All boxes are on the same network - 192.168.62.0/24.
> >
> > Even if I disconnect another box from the hub, my Thuinkpad still won't
> > see the gateway.
> >
> > Any ideas?
>
> So what you're saying is that the laptop, while connected to the switch,
> can see anything else connected to the switch; yet it cannot see anything
> on the slow speed hub, and I assume, cannot see anything else on the hub
> even when directly connected to it?


Apologies, I didn't make it clear. The laptop is plugged into the hub, not the 
switch and can see all machines on the network (whether plugged into the 
switch or the hub) except the gateway



Adrian


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