OT: Network problem

[Kenneth E. Lussier]

On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 18:34, Neal Richardson wrote:

>  
>  My question is this:  Is this normal behavior to have the whole network 
> go down due to a mis wired cable. I can understand the hub not working 
> but to cause the whole thing to crash seams bizarre to me

Well, I have seen stranger things happen. Was there anything connected
to the hub when you plugged it into the switch? If it's just a dumb hub,
and something that was connected to it was misconfigured (i.e. had the
same IP address of the switch or router), then it could take down the
whole network. If it was, in fact, just a bad cable, then depending on
how it was wired, it could take out the network. However, I certainly
wouldn't call it "normal behavior".

C-Ya,
Kenny
 
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Kenneth E. Lussier
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