Messages in this thread | | | From | "john" <> | Subject | Re: Problems getting a stable 100 megabit connection with linksys etherfast switch | Date | Thu, 4 Mar 2004 05:44:00 -0700 |
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Hi Denis,
Turns out I had a cable problem. Some of the patch cables that I made, had the wrong pinout. After replacing them, the connection is stable at 100baseTx-FD.
Thanks
John
On Tue, 2 Mar 2004 00:01:47 +0200, Denis Vlasenko wrote > On Sunday 29 February 2004 23:30, john wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am having problems getting a stable connection with my linux machines > > when trying to connect them at 100 megabit speeds to a linksys etherfast > > switch. > > > > > > I have attached some diagnostic outputs for your review. I hope that > > someone can help me with this problem. > > > > I believe using a managed switch will solve the problem, but I don't want > > to have to spend $1000.00 to fix this problem, when I should be able to > > obtain a stable connection with the equipment I am currently using. > > Try half duplex. You seldom do lots of xfers in both directions at > once, so half duplex is not a big loss. > > Use tcpdump to see what's going on on the wire. > -- > vda
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