According to Joseph H. Fry, > I have two identical Debian Sarge boxes... I can say identical because I > used dd to copy the HDD from the first one I set up (#1) and placed it in > the other (#2). I have changed the hostname, mailname, and IP address in the > second machine and both seem to work ok except the second machine will not > receive any packets whatsoever! > > ifconfig looks similar between the two machines, except the IP and MAC of > course > > route -n looks correct > > iptables -L shows all policies ACCEPT > > so they both look like they should work... however if I ping from #2 (the > clone) to #1 the packets get received and responded to (as shown by tcpdump) > but #2 still shows RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0... 0 ...0 ..0 > > I just don't get it! The cable is good; the port is good, hell the NIC in #2 > was good in XP a couple of days ago. Any help would be appreciated!
You *know* the cable is good? Twisted pair cables use separate pairs for send and receive. So being able to send doesn't mean the cable is good. You *know* the port on the switch is good? Same issue there. T -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
