[Linux-Anyway] Re: Two hubs, one network

  • From: Meph Istopheles <meph@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Linux-Anyway@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 15:02:41 -0700 (PDT)

  Hey Scott,

> >   I'd asked Scott about this early this morning, but I guess
> > he's busy.

> >   I'll give more detail than I'd given him:

> I'd answered, but with the somewhat sparse detail I thought the
> trouble might be with uplink ports--weird you didn't get my
> answer.

  Hmm.  Just checked my procmail log, searching for Scott, 
Robbins, your address, etc -- nothing.  Sure it actually left 
your 'puter?

> >   Yesterday I had four 'puters on the same domain connecting
> > to the same hub & each using the isp's gateway, dns, etc via
> > adsl.  I decided that I had to rearrange my work area & now
> > have that hub a few feet too far away for my longest cable to
> > reach to my brother's 'puter.

> >   I then took my other hub (which works), plugged it in &
> > hooked up a cross-over cable between the two hubs (in the
> > proper ports)  & then hooked up my brother's 'puter.  While I
> > can access to & from this 'puter within the network, that
> > 'puter can't see the gateway or, natually, anything beyond.

> Most hubs nowadays auto sense, have you tried replacing the
> cross over cable with a straight through to see what happens?

  I'll try that.

> >   It was accessing just fine through the main hub, but when I
> > ping the gateway, I get:

> > >From Nuit.Aeon-AL.Net (63.249.19.73): Destination Host
> > Unreachable

> >   What am I missing?

> Do a traceroute and let me know what you get

1  Nuit (63.249.19.73)  2993.490 ms !H  2999.202 ms !H  
2999.810 ms !H

  Heh.  Like we didn't know the host was !H!;-)

  Meph

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  -Archimedes


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