From: AthlonRob <AthlonRob@axpr.net>
To: bridge@lists.osdl.org
Subject: Re: [Bridge] beginner question: Lights off
Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2004 09:08:21 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1094486901.7537.85.camel@dell.linux.box> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040906013429.16890.qmail@web53706.mail.yahoo.com>
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.
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2004-09-06 1:34 [Bridge] beginner question: Lights off dark sephiroth
2004-09-06 16:08 ` AthlonRob [this message]
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