Robert Brown writes: > OK, now I am ready to incriminate the hubs! I started tcpdump on the > eth0 port of the NIDS and all it could sniff was packets with its own > address or braodcast packets such as arps. I then power cycled the > hub. When the hub powered back up, tcpdump siffed 2 packets that did > not have its own ip address as either src or dst, then it quit! I > power cycled again: same thing -- 2 packets, then nada. It seems that > these "hubs" are blocking traffic not destined for a port after a > brief period of "proper hub-like" operation. > > I am not looking forward to the phone call to linksys tomorow. :-< I checked the Linksys web page for a tech support number, and it said 24/7 tech support, so I called. I got a sweet sounding lady with a thick Chineese accent. She was obviously trying to fit me into one of her pre-scripted categories, as she insisted on determining whether I was using the hub for "file sharing" or "connecting to the internet", and she also wanted to know the name of my ISP! I asked to speak with someone a bit more technical. She asked me to please hold. After 15 minutes of hold (God bless speaker phones!) she comes back and asks a few more questions trying to show me how "network congestion" is causing the packet loss. Good Grief! My kingdom for an engineer! I think Linksys headquarters is going to receive a call from me tomorow morning. -- -------- "And there came a writing to him from Elijah" [2Ch 21:12] -------- R. J. Brown III rj@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.elilabs.com/~rj voice 859 567-7311 Elijah Laboratories Inc. P. O. Box 166, Warsaw KY 41095 fax 859 567-7311 ----- M o d e l i n g t h e M e t h o d s o f t h e M i n d ------ -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
