Can there be an Ethernet Switch that doesn't work with Linux???

[geoffrey mendelson]

On Aug 29, 2010, at 12:27 AM, Nadav Har'El wrote:

> While I have quite a bit of networking experience, I have found myself
> stumped by a frustrating problem in my home network - which  
> surprisingly
> appears Linux-specific - and I wonder if anyone ever saw such a thing.


My guess is that it's an autonegotation speed and or duplex problem.  
Try setting the speed to 10mbit and the duplex to half.

Make sure the cables are correct, not crossover cables. The switch  
accomodates autosensing and will work with either, but the computer  
may not.

If that works, try setting it 100mbps and half duplex, if that works  
try full duplex.

If it works at 10 and not 100, it's probably bad cables.

10 year old switches generally did not support autosensing of cable  
type, full duplex and many of them were only 10mbit.

Geoff.
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