Subject: Re: question about 3100 M48
To: Jed Dobson <jed@wgtech.com>
From: P.G. <pgaray@bigfoot.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 08/02/2000 09:37:23
On Tue, 01 Aug 2000, Jed Dobson wrote:
> I have a 3100 M48 with some wierd problems with the on-board LANCE
> ethernet device. I have switched the switch to the AUI adapter. I have a
> transceiver to convert to 10baseT, which is attached to a dinky 8 port
> hub. I can't ping out from this box, but I can assign an address to it and
> ping it from a remote machine (the remote boxes even show correct arp
> entry). The link light is up and the LED's on the transceiver (yes I have
> tried multiple ones) flash when they "see" network traffic.
> 
Can this have anything to do with "back-to-back" packets - when you ping the
reply is there too fast? Try to ping something outside your local ethernet?