Re: [m0n0wall] Can't ping Soekris through a switch

From:	"Chris Buechler" <cbuechler at gmail dot com>
Cc:	m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch
Subject:	Re: [m0n0wall] Can't ping Soekris through a switch
Date:	Thu, 11 May 2006 23:04:57 -0400

On 5/11/06, Nathaniel Irons <ndi dash l at bumppo dot net> wrote:
>
> However, when I plug the Soekris and the laptop into a five-port Linksys
> switch, the link lights on the Soekris come on, but the laptop can't get a
> DHCP address. When also connected, neither does my desktop machine, also
> running OS X 10.4.6. Both computers self-assign 169.* addresses, and can
> ping enough other through the switch.
>

One thing that either wasn't in your message or wasn't clear to me -
does it work with the switch if you manually assign an IP to your
client machine?

-Chris