[KLUG Members] switches vs. hubs
Nikolas Reist
members@kalamazoolinux.org
Thu, 01 Apr 2004 20:27:31 -0500
I am curious (only because you haven't stated it) does it have an uplink
port that is switched or non-switched? Did you try power cycling the
switches?
On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 15:34, bill wrote:
> I'm having trouble getting DHCP to go through a second switch.
>
> I have a DHCP server on a first switch, the two switches are connected.
>
> Machines on the second switch can't get an IP address.
>
> However, if I swap the second switch with a hub (a wireless hub, with
> DHCP disabled, actually), I can get IP addresses no problem.
>
> Easy solution, replace the switch. Already done that, twice. Is there
> some sort of difference as far as DHCP between hubs and switches that
> I'm overlooking?
>
> kind regards,
>
> bill hollett
>
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