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Static route or NAT
Hi, We use a pfsense ( firewall. Now say that I have three lan nics (in addition to wan) in this box. Nic1 at 192.168.10.1, Nic2 at 192.168.15.1 and Nic3 at 192.168.20.1, both Nic1 and Nic3 with...
 
question about clause 28 auto-negotiation
Hi, I have a question regarding to 802.3 clause 28, Figure 28-16 Arbitration state diagram. the variable "transmit_disable" is set to "true" in 2 states, TRANSMIT_DISABLE and LINK_STATUS_CHECK. When...
 
VLAN woes...
Hi, If I have a router with a gigabit port assigned both 192.168.10.1 VLAN ID 10 and 192.168.20.1 with VLAN ID 20. I connect a cable from this router port to port 1 on a D-Link DGS-1216T managed...
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query on port speed specification
Hi All, In CSMA/CD Ethernet, what actually 100Mbps means: 1. Whether it is the Tx speed of that port. If so, whether it can support the same rate in Rx also at the same time. 2. Whether it is the...
 
Finding an ethernet loop?
Hey Everyone, Wondering if anyone can tell me what methods they use to find a Ethernet loop in a large network. Recently the company that I work for is having issues with users plugging both ends of...
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Help with VRRP and Vlan trunk
Hi All: I have a VRRP question for all network experts out there. What happens when a port which is a member of a Vlan goes down in a VRRP environment? Diagram is as follow: ____________________ | |...
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Ethernet on recent FPGAs
(snip) Higher than the actual clash rate on the current system? I have heard stories about NICs produced with the same address, most likely in the same batch with a high probability of being installed...
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question on Ethernet Devicedriver
Hi all, 1) Iam working on Philips LPC 2292 controller board, Ethernet 2) If at all if a single packet comes and sits in Rx Buffer. Whether before it raises an Interrupt. 3) If at all If ISR is...
 
GigE means 1Gbps or 2Gbps (Rx and Tx together)
It may be a very basic question. But nobody is able to give an answer citing some statndard (I couldn't find a proper answer in IEEE 802.3 also) My assumption is that it is 2Gbps (Rx, Tx together) Can...
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Totally different IP's on the same LAN?
Imagine a common home DSL internet setup: 1) You have a router that has a public IP address on the WAN port (I'll pick an entirely random value of 73.52.66.5) and a private IP address on the LAN port...
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Fiber vs cat6
We are setting up a production room with 6 high capacity laser printers/presses. they will be connecting to an imposition server and the bandwith between the server and laser workstations will be...
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VPN Vs VLAN
I'm trying to read up on Virtual LAN's, and I keep coming across Virtual Private Networks. Are these the same thing? As far as I understand, the purpose of a VLAN server is to provide an outside host...
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Force NIC to 100 Mbps
I have a desktop computer that's a few years old, I ressurected it just there a few days ago. The NIC in it is the "3Com EtherLink III ISAPNP", also known as the 3Com 3c509b, which is about a decade...
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Samba share safe within LAN?
I have four computers on a LAN with private IP addresses (e.g. 192.168.1.*), and a router on the LAN which provides access to the Internet. I have considered setting up a password-free file share on...
 
General Network Help
We are having an issue that I could use some help on. We need to connect two networks together, we'll call them network 1 and network 2. I am an administrator on network 1 but not on network 2. We've...