[CS-FSLUG] Networking details #2 (slapping myself)

[Josiah Ritchie]

On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 12:14 -0500, Frank Bax wrote:
> At 12:04 PM 12/8/04, Josiah Ritchie wrote:
> 
> >On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 10:51 -0600, Ed Hurst wrote:
> > > Frank Bax wrote:
> > > > At 08:35 AM 12/8/04, Ed Hurst wrote:
> > > >>David Aikema wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>>You could try adding in your BSD machine as a trusted host/subnet in
> > > >>>the ZoneAlarm configuration, and then see if it will work.
> > > >>
> > > >>No joy. I even turned it off and get the same response.
> > > >
> > > > No offense, but some us might take this for granted...  Do not use 
> > "uplink"
> > > > port on hub/switch.  That port is used for router or another hub/switch.
> > >
> > > No offense, indeed. However, none of the ports are marked "Uplink". They
> > > all are numbered 1-5.
> >
> >A switch that small may not have one. JSR/
> 
> 
> True, but with remote trouble-shooting, it's possible to miss something 
> that is obvious when you can see the equipment.  Do we have any assurance 
> that switch and cables actually work?  Do lights on switch and nic come on 
> & go out when CAT5 cable is connected & disconnected?  Do lights on 
> switch/nic blink when you issue ping commands?

I didn't mean to say you were wrong. To the contrary, simply the above
was intended to affirm that this is not abnormal. I apologive for any
offense.

JSR/