From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jul 7 11:56:19 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95B5637B401 for ; Sun, 7 Jul 2002 11:56:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.gbronline.com (mail.gbronline.com [12.145.226.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06C3243E3B for ; Sun, 7 Jul 2002 11:56:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from daleco [12.145.226.43] by mail.gbronline.com (SMTPD32-7.10) id AE635F100C4; Sun, 07 Jul 2002 13:54:27 -0500 Message-ID: <007f01c225e7$e38962a0$2be2910c@fbccarthage.com> From: "Kevin Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." To: , "Fabio Yasusi Yamamoto" Cc: "FBSDQ" References: Subject: Re: My Intel EtherExpress only works on direct cross connection. Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2002 13:55:39 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG WAY OT... but, I recently picked up a switch that says it doesn't care if it's a crossover cable or not... supposedly makes it possible to 'uplink' without dedicating a port to this function... As to the original posters problem, only advice I can think of is to check media type settings.... KDK ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe & Fhe Barbish" To: "Fabio Yasusi Yamamoto" Cc: "FBSDQ" Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 9:50 AM Subject: RE: My Intel EtherExpress only works on direct cross connection. > You can only use an crossover cable for one pc to another pc. > You can not use it for pc to hub or switch. > You can not use crossover cable in LAN environment. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Fabio Yasusi > Yamamoto > Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2002 9:44 PM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: OFF: My Intel EtherExpress only works on direct cross connection. > > Hi. > > This is not a FreeBSD specific. > > I'm having strange problems in my Intel EtherExpress 100 network card. > > FOr some reason, it only work when i use a direct conection using a cross > cable to another computer. > > If i try to use a switch or hub. This card is unable to receive any packets > ( but is capable of send ). > > So. i can send a arp request, but unable to receive the answer. > > The remote computers ( 3com/sis/realtek ), the cable( cat5 cross and > single ), and the switch( and hub ) are ok. > > I'm really confused. i can imagine why it works on direct cross connection, > but when i try to use a hub using cross and normal cat5 cable, i can't > receive any packets. ( ifconfig/sniffers show 0 packets RX ). > > Can someone help me? > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message