Bad switch?

Hi guys,

I just bought a 5-port Linksys switch the other today, as I'm trying to
build a a router/firewall for at home - but to study it well enough to
do the same at the office.

However, I'm having weird problems with my switch. I have only one
machine on (the router), yet *all* LEDs are lit up on the switch. I
can't seem to use one of my NICs to serve my internal network because
of this.

Is the switch bad?

Thanks,
Cyp.

Cyphos wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> I just bought a 5-port Linksys switch the other today, as I'm trying to
> build a a router/firewall for at home - but to study it well enough to
> do the same at the office.
>
> However, I'm having weird problems with my switch. I have only one
> machine on (the router), yet *all* LEDs are lit up on the switch. I
> can't seem to use one of my NICs to serve my internal network because
> of this.
>
> Is the switch bad?
>
> Thanks,
> Cyp.
>
probably

I've seen cases in which such a condition could be cleared by
"rebooting" the switch with a power-cycle, but if it's persistent,
I'd say the switch is bad.

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Thanks for your reply! I just bought it, so I'll return it tomorrow.

Mike

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> However, I'm having weird problems with my switch. I have only one
> machine on (the router), yet *all* LEDs are lit up on the switch.

Perhaps you are forgetting that modern computers are always on when
they're plugged in, unless you turn off the physical power switch on the
back near the power supply. Turning a computer off only places it in
standby, which often leaves the network interface on.

> I
> can't seem to use one of my NICs to serve my internal network because
> of this.

Huh?

> Is the switch bad?

Is it not switching packets?

DS

Cyphos wrote:

> Thanks for your reply! I just bought it, so I'll return it tomorrow.
>
> Mike
>
David has a good point. It's not whether the machines are turned on
that matters, because they could be listening for a wake-on-lan signal.
When I read what you had written, I thought you only had one machine
_connected_.

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I understand that - but the LEDS would probably be flashing. And it
doesn't matter whether I have the computer on or not. Also too, not all
ports have a connection to a computer - and even they are lit up
constantly.

Cyphos wrote:

> I understand that - but the LEDS would probably be flashing. And it
> doesn't matter whether I have the computer on or not. Also too, not all
> ports have a connection to a computer - and even they are lit up
> constantly.
>
ok, then

just didn't want to mislead you

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>I understand that - but the LEDS would probably be flashing.

Huh? What does flashing mean?

> And it
> doesn't matter whether I have the computer on or not.

I wouldn't expect it to, since unless you unplug or flip the back switch
on the power supply, the computer is never really off, it's just in standby.

> Also too, not all
> ports have a connection to a computer - and even they are lit up
> constantly.

What does lit up constantly mean?

DS

> What does lit up constantly mean?
The swith has 5 ports. I have two ethernet cables connected to the
switch. ALL 5 LEDs on the switch for each port (Link/Act, 100,
Full/Col) are green - they don't blink/flash, turn off ... just green.
I could have nothing at the other end of the ethernet cables and still
the same result.

>The swith has 5 ports. I have two ethernet cables connected to the
>switch. ALL 5 LEDs on the switch for each port (Link/Act, 100,
>Full/Col) are green - they don't blink/flash, turn off ... just green.
>I could have nothing at the other end of the ethernet cables and still
>the same result.

Oops... ALL 3 LEDS on the switch for eacp port.