From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jul 7 17:46:24 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 7EB7F37B401 for ; Sun, 7 Jul 2002 17:46:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hostname.org (200-161-76-110.dsl.telesp.net.br [200.161.76.110]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4716943E42 for ; Sun, 7 Jul 2002 17:46:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fabio@hostname.org) Received: from hostname.org [192.168.1.2] by core.hostname.org Message-ID: <3D28DD2A.8000503@hostname.org> Disposition-Notification-To: Fabio Yasusi Yamamoto Date: Sun, 07 Jul 2002 21:30:34 -0300 From: Fabio Yasusi Yamamoto User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0.0) Gecko/20020529 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: barbish@a1poweruser.com Cc: FBSDQ Subject: Re: My Intel EtherExpress only works on direct cross connection. References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 I have tried both, cross and single cat5 using switch that accept cross and single. and hub that only accept single. Joe & Fhe Barbish wrote: >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 > > > > -- Perl combines all of the worst aspects of BASIC, C and line noise. -- Keith Packard To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message