Re: off subject...but help is needed....
Re: off subject...but help is needed....
- Subject: Re: off subject...but help is needed....
- From: Bill Briggs <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 13:57:59 -0300
At 12:21 PM -0400 24/04/01, Xandra Lee wrote:
The Farallon manual specifically states that you can only use 7 of the
possible standard ports if the uplink port is in use (no mention as to
specific ports, just overall total). If you're attempting to use all 8
ports, PLUS the uplink port my guess is that may be your problem.
Just to verify, if that's the setup, then Xandra is right. The
up-link port and it's nearest neighbour are really only one port. In
one case the socket has the normal Rx and Tx pin configurations, and
in the other, the Rx and Tx pins have been crossed so you can up-link
to another hub using a straight through cable instead of a crossover
cable. It's just a matter of setup convenience so you can use a
straight through cable - they are more common.
The easy way to tell if you have the thing in the right socket is to
see if the port light on the hub is on. If it's off, then you've got
no connection. Use a different cable, or swap ports if the cable is
in the up-link jack. Or use the opposite cable type (x-over, straight
through) if it is of the wrong type. When you get a light on the
port, you should be fine. Test various combinations.
The other issue is IP addresses. Do you all have static IPs assigned
by the ISP (this is what it sounds like), or are you trying to share
a single IP address, in which case you'll need a router or a computer
running a software router like IPNetRouter (or are you connecting to
a DHCP server). Without knowing the specifics of your setup regarding
IPs and routing, it's hard to say. If there are conflicting IPs on
the network, the Mac will simply shut down your ethernet interface to
end the conflict. If it's doing that, you're not going to connect
until the conflict is resolved.
Hope that's of some use. Hard to troubleshoot when one is not there.