My ISP don't assigns me an IP like 192.168.1.x, thats my _local_ subnet 
on my home. From my ISP I get something like 217.210.x.x.

I found something which is may important too: If I connect the m0n0 to 
the switch, using both cable methods, then _not_ both LEDs of the LAN 
interface on the box go up, only one.
But if it's connected directly to my machine using a crossover cable, 
both LEDs go up...
Don't know if this is important...

Power-cycling the switch doesn't help, I always get a "Connection 
refused" error in Mozilla Firefox. Normally I get something like "Host 
not found", if a host (i.e. m0n0.ch) is down, but I think this is 
because I use an IP address directly..

Fred Wright wrote:

>On Wed, 4 Aug 2004, blaue0 wrote:
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>>Thanks a lot. First: With crossover cable from my machine to m0n0, all 
>>works fine.
>>I don't know much about electronic and such stuff. I don't know if my 
>>switch is grounded correctly, but I think it's not.
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>Grounding is irrelevant for Ethernet.
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>If the Link Status LEDs come on on both ends, then you have the right kind
>of cable.  That deosn't rule out subtler problems, but most of the time
>that's an adequate test.
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>>I know, that I have to use https instead of http with HTTPS, but it's as 
>>I said: nmap shows a completly closed firewall. Not even one port is open.
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>Did you remove the default "allow everything from LAN" rule?  The ruke
>generator inserts its own "allow LAN HTTP" rule to keep you from getting
>locked out of the GUI, but I'm not sure it's smart enough to change the
>port number for HTTPS (or a nonstandard port).
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>>I'm not using the same IP subnet on WAN and LAN interface, the LAN is 
>>192.168.1.x and the WAN is assigned by DHCP from my cable provider.
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>Umm, your ISP is assigning you a 192.168.1.x address via DHCP, meaning
>that *they're* doing NAT for you?  If so, you need to pick a different
>subnet for the LAN.
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>>I can ping the box with a crossover cable (when it's directly connected 
>>to my machine), but I can't if it's connected to the switch using 
>>crossover or patch cable.
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>Beware that some switches don't notice when machines are moved from one
>port to another (at least not before the entry expires, which typically
>takes about 5 minutes).  You might try power-cycling the switch.
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>>Allan D. Piske wrote:
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>>>Hi, there maybe a compatibility problem with your switch and these adapters,
>>>If you connect the PC to m0n0 with the crossover cable it works or not?
>>>Remember that grounding can affect data communications as well, it's where
>>>important that every device interconnnected in the LAN are grounded.
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>No, Ethernet is completely transformer-isolated and doesn't care about
>grounding.  Even coax Ethernet is transformer-isolated, albeit in a more
>complicated way.  The insulation involved has to be good enough to
>withstand at least 1500VDC.  Unless you're using STP with the shield
>grounded at both ends, you can "ground" one machine to the "hot" side of
>the power line and still use Ethernet.  I'd be careful what *else* you
>connected that machine to, though. :-)
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>					Fred Wright
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