We each have our reasons. For me, I just need for it to work and be
reliable. I have that now and at a pretty reasonable cost. A more
expensive switch would be wasted.
Rich Loeber - @richloeber
Kisco Information Systems
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On 1/3/2011 3:06 PM, Jim Oberholtzer wrote:
Just a quick question. Why would you choose to put an enterprise class
server on a LAN that is managed by a dime store switch/hub?
Jack is most likely correct about the duplex/speed combination of the
line description. If it is set to *AUTO then of course that old LAN
device will never tell IBM i what its expecting and no communications
will happen.
Why not splurge just a touch and get an enterprise quality switch?
Cisco and Juniper make great low end 12 port switches that have the
backplane speed and processing capability to match the needs of your new
POWER system.
This sounds a bit like putting the cheapest tires you can find at the
local discount tire mart on an Indy Car and then expecting the car to
hold the turns at race speeds. It just don't compute.
Jim Oberholtzer
CEO/Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects, LLC
On 1/3/2011 1:30 PM, Jack Kingsley wrote:
Rich, did you try to tweak your line description to half on duplex to see if
it would have worked.
On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Rich Loeber[2]<rich@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Charles,
I must admit that I thought there would be no difference between a hub
and
a switch, but when I plunked down $30 for an inexpensive 5 port switch at
the local Radio Shack and plugged it in, then the network connection came
right up. The IBM hardware guy told me that the older hub that I was
using was probably just not fast enough for the new ethernet card.
Rich Loeber - @richloeber
Kisco Information Systems
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On 1/3/2011 1:52 PM, Charles Wilt wrote:
Rich,
I'm not a network guy...but that seems like a very strange requirement to
me....
Did they give you any reason? The only thing I can think of would be
that the Ethernet card is designed only for full-duplex opertaions
which a hub would not support and a switch would.
Otherwise, I don't know how there would be any difference from the
card's perspective between a switch and a hub.
Charles
On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 12:11 PM, Rich Loeber [2][4]<rich@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Just installing my first Power i and I've run into a snag. I am
installing a Power 6 8203-E4A but the ethernet line will not vary on.
IBM
support is recommending that I replace the hubs that run the office
network with switches because the ethernet card in the Power 6 is not
compatible with a connection to a hub. The hub I'm using is a 10/100
dual
speed Office Connect from 3 Com and has been in use here for about 10
years. Our trusty old i5 520 running V5R3 gets along with it just fine.
Has anyone had any experience with getting the Power 6 to work in an all
hub environment? This is pretty foreign to me. I don't want to lay out
money for a new office network topology if I don't have to.
Rich Loeber
Kisco Information Systems
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