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

[shimi]

On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Nadav Har'El <nyh at math.technion.ac.il>wrote:

>
> Like I said on a previous mail, the speed negotiation works. The guess that
> the switch has a bug and forgets my computer's MAC address makes sense, but
> how come it forgets the Linux computer's and remembers the Windows one? :(
>
>
 On a second thought, I would like to also comment on "speed negotiation
works".

The fact that Ethernet did "negotiate" and you have a "link up", does NOT
say that you had a successful negotiation.

It is not uncommon for link to go up on both sides, each side declaring a
different speed... this is a well known problem on lots of Cisco hardware
for example. It seems to be working, but connection is flaky. And when you
drop the autoneg and force the port on a certain speed, it starts working
great. So I would try that anyways, despite the fact that it _seems_ to be
working well. Start with 10mbps/HD :)

And last tip - of course it's a bit too late for you - but for the next time
- I - personally - have learned my lesson - I will not buy Edimax again...
:)

-- Shimi
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