Correction to the "Ethernet problem"

[Joel Sherrill]

Leon Pollak wrote:
>> Apart from this hint: maybe you can check/eliminate part of the
>> communication path, by directly connecting the PC and the RTEMS system
>> using a TP crossover cable.
>>     
> I think this was the most productive idea..:)
> To rework the cables was the problem, but I connected my PC and the box via
> the old 10BaseT HUB and, meanwhile, I am not able to reproduce the problem -
> nothing is lost!
>
>
>   
Great.  Finally something to hang onto. :)

If you use the same test network setup but replace the RTEMS
box with another PC, do you see the same behavior?

Do you have another brand of switch?

I am wondering if the switch is eating a packet that a hub doesn't.
We have been focusing on your driver and it may not be that.


--joel
> So, aren't these the PHYs?
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>
> Many thanks to both of you for your help.
> --
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