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

[Frank Bax]

At 12:47 PM 12/8/04, Josiah Ritchie wrote:

>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.


No offense.  Actually, partly my fault - I thought you were responding to 
my comment, I didn't see Ed's reply in between there.  Sorry.