[LUNI] Networking question -SOLVED ( I think )

[Richard Reina]

The router is an SMC and the switch is a linksys.

Jim Harvey <wb8nbs at prodigy.net> wrote: Richard Reina wrote:
> If I unplug and replug the cable before I run /usr/sbin/setup and then do a /sbin/service network restart ( without having first done a /sbin/service network stop ) it works ( I am able to ping local machines and switch back with the same sequence of events ). I'm still scratching my head as to why this is but atleast I have it working. Here's what I do know:
>  
>  unplug and replug the cable from the router to the LAN switch 
>  #:/usr/sbin/setup manually set the IP address
>  #:/sbin/service network restart 
>  


Is this a Cisco equipment  I have found their autonegotiation between 10 
Mbps and 100 Mbps sometimes gets the wrong rate.  Then it decides the 
link has too high an error  rate (Duh) and takes the port out of service.
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