[luau] Solaris x86 ver 8 and Intel Pro 10/100 S Nic Problem

[al plant]

Bill wrote:
> 
> Yes, and I separately tested the cable with other boxes to verify the cable
> was ok.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Vince Hoang" <luau at ml.altern8.net>
> To: <luau at videl.ics.hawaii.edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 9:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [luau] Solaris x86 ver 8 and Intel Pro 10/100 S Nic Problem
> 
> > On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 04:39:07PM -1000, bmusson at hawaii.rr.com wrote:
> > > I have installed Solaris x86 ver 8 with 2 Intel Pro 10/100 S
> > > nics. The nics accept configuration (ifconfig comes back fine)
> > > and I can ping both the local interface and the local box's IP
> > > address but cannot ping any other host on the same wire.
> > >
> > > I even ran snoop to look for traffic and all I see is ARP s for
> > > the address I am ping but no ther traffic.
> >
> > Does the switch port show link? It could be as simple as a cable
> > problem.
> >
> > -Vince
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If the cable to the other boxes you are trying to ping goes thru a
router check to see that they are all either 10 or 100. I had a client
who had an an odd card connected to the router and the ping would not go
through. If we removed the odd card everything worked fine.
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