On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 02:33:35PM -0400, Faheem Mitha wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > I've recently encountered an odd problem with a switch and a Dell PC > running Debian. I'm using it on a cable modem. When I plug the machine > directly into the cable modem, I can get on the net (the cable modem > uses DHCP as per usual). > > However, when I plug the machine into the switch, the machine can't > get on the net, in fact it can't get a lease from the DHCP server at > all. > > However, a Mac OS X laptop does not have any problems. Therefore, the > problem presumably has something to do with the combination of the > switch and the machine. > > The machine in question has a Broadcom card, and is using Debian's > somewhat hacked around with tg3 driver, so I'm wondering if that could > perhaps be causing the problem, and if so, whether switching to the > bcm5700 would solve it. > > Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions about how I might resolve > this issue? Thanks in advance. > > Please cc me; I'm not subscribed. Hi Faheem, MODEM--cable a--port b--SWITCH--port c--cable d --DELL (problem) +--port e--cable f --MAC (ok) MODEM--cable a--port g----------------------------DELL (ok) so from this, I'd say that: these are ok : cable a,port b,port e,cable f,port g these are suspect: port c,cable d so change these with ones from the good list and see if this fixes it. cheers, Kev -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org |
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