[TriLUG] OT: failed 10/100 switch?

[Andrew Perrin]

Just wondering if anyone has ideas here...

I bought a cheapo 10/100 switch for home to replace my old 10MB hub. The
switch connects two desktop machines (one Win98, one Debian) and one
firewall/router/etc. (debian).  All have 10/100 cards in them (IBM eepros
in the debian machines, HP something or other in the Win98) and the
network works fine on the 10MB hub.

I switched over to the 10/100 switch and communication with the Win98
machine died.  The link LED came on, and I rebooted the Win98 machine
(since that's how you usually fix those :)), and still nothing. Moving the
plugs back to the hub fixed everything.

Am I looking at a DOA switch, or could something else be going on?

Thanks.

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