My boss asked me to look at a company he does Telecom work for. Apparently they are having networking issues.
As far as I can tell, the network is set up like this:
DSL line comes into a Linksys router which then goes to a Windows Server 2000 and also a 24 port switch. One of the leads off the 24 port switch goes to the opposite side of the building to another 24 port switch (about 70 – 90 foot run). No one there has much tech knowledge and were unable to give me any further information. They did not even have the logins for the server and router. Apparently they outsource it to another company who, when called about the current issue, said to get someone else to troubleshoot it that they would only work on the server.
Everything worked fine, and no one knows of any changes made to the system. The port that the second switch is on has an uplink button which was activated.
The second part of the office has no connectivity when the second switch is used. If you swap the switch for a hub, then you can get connectivity.
I am baffled. If anyone has any thoughts, comments, suggestions, I would greatly appreciate them.
Thank you so much, in advance.