On Sat, 2005-10-01 at 02:34, THUFIR HAWAT wrote: > On 9/27/05, Mike McCarty <mike.mccarty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > ... > > > The problem is that I don't really know what the problem, the hub > > > itself might be fine. It's guesswork and trial and error. > ... > > In that case, build/purchase a crossover cable. Then you'll *know* > ... > > Well, I went out and bought a switch, fifteen canadian dollars, and > plugged the Asus WL-330g adapter into the switch, reset and configured > the adapter, and everthing works fine now. > > So, unless my "experiment" is flawed, the problem was definitely the > old hub. I'm curious, however, as to why the old hub failed. > According to the manual a hub should work fine. > > Aside from pings, how else can you test a hub? > > -Thufir This may have already been suggested but most hubs by default run at 10Mb half duplex. Did you verify using ethtool or mii-tool that your interfaces were running at the correct speed an duplex settings? Mute now that you have a switch. But just a thought.
