On Sat, Feb 06, 2010 at 06:27:11PM +0100, Sebastiano Pomata wrote:
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> Il 06/02/10 17:33, Kenneth R Westerback ha scritto:
> > Optimally you now need to check what the switch port is
> > configured/negotiated to. e.g. if it has ended up in 10/half you
> > have a problem. Ditto for the connections for the other device.
> > 
> > If you have no access to the switch you can try every manual media
> > setting to force your OpenBSD boxen to the different possibilities
> > and see if any work better.
> > 
> > .... Ken
> 
> I have physical access to the switch, it's in the same room of OpenBSD
> and Linux boxes. But have no idea on how to get info about every
> single port, it's a 3com router with a plain simple web interface. The
> "status" section of the web interface doesn't offer that much, and I'm
> pretty sure that router doesn't like being telnetted to discover more.
> Anyway, green led blinking on router suggests me (as user's manual
> states) that it's going in 100Mbps, although no mention whether is
> full or half duplex.
> 
> thanks
> 

Alternatively, try another switch or a cross-over cable to directly
connect the two boxes.

.... Ken