Re: [m0n0wall] network connection problem with an HP 2424M switch and m0n0wall

From:	Graham Allan <allan at physics dot umn dot edu>
To:	m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch
Subject:	Re: [m0n0wall] network connection problem with an HP 2424M switch and m0n0wall
Date:	Tue, 25 Jul 2006 09:21:48 -0500

On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 01:33:21PM +0100, Tim Vaughan wrote:
> >Is the managed switch a Gb switch ? if to try to force the port where the
> >m0n0 is connected to on 100Mpbs instead of auto detect
> 
> Thanks for the reply - no, the 2424M is a plain old 10/100 switch.  I
> got it off Ebay in order to learn how to set up VLANs but so far
> haven't got past this problem :(.

Maybe a long shot, but check the firmware in the 2424M is up to date.
There were some issues like this fixed in various HP firmware releases
- the one I remember was related to their gigE module, but you never
know.

http://www.hp.com/rnd/software/switches.htm

Graham