On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 11:24:13AM +0300, Radu CUGUT wrote:
> Hello there,
>
> Can anyone help me with a problem i have....
>
> I have an ethernet LAN, made over dumb fast-ethernet switches
> (10/100mbit) without management, so there is no IP for the switches.
>
> What I want, if possible, is to find out if a switch is down or not.
:-)
((never tried, didnt think even a little, but...))
Plug two more cards into you linux box, connect them both to the switch,
make them an interfaces of one bridge inside you linux box and bring up
STP over there. I guess bridge should detect a loop quickly and block one
port. Then you'll be able to monitor bridge's state.
Uh?
Sorry if I'm wrong!-) It's possible quite now...
>
> Best regards,
> Radu.
>
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