From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Subject: Re: [Bridge] beginner question: Lights off From: AthlonRob In-Reply-To: <20040906013429.16890.qmail@web53706.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040906013429.16890.qmail@web53706.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2004 09:08:21 -0700 Message-Id: <1094486901.7537.85.camel@dell.linux.box> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-Id: Linux Ethernet Bridging List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: bridge@lists.osdl.org On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 18:34 -0700, dark sephiroth wrote: > The LED light on the eth0 card is on. But the one to the desktop is > off. If I connect router to eth1 and desktop to eth0, then eth1 LED > is on and eth0 is off. > > My understanding is this would work like a hub or switch so when the > desktop is connected, the whole thing would just work as if the bridge > doesn't exist. Almost like a switch; you still need crossover cable, though, if you're directly connecting two systems together. Are you using crossover cable to connect the 'server' and the 'workstation' ? You aren't getting a physical connection between the server and workstation, that's the issue, not bridging. -- Rob | If not safe, Jabber: athlonrob at axpr.net | one can never be free.