ESW 520 8-port PoE switch cannot ping

[clifford.gormley]

Hello

I have an ESW 520 8-Port switch with a management ip address of 192.168.10.2 /24

After I reboot it, I can successfully ping it from a pc with an ip of 192.168.10.123 for about 50 consecutive times.

After that, I get a "Destination host unreachable" (this icmp message is sent by my pinging pc (192.168.10.123).

This obviously seems like a bug.

Has anybody seen this before.

Whenever I reboot it, it goes through the same sequence.

Thanksj

[David Hornstein]

Hi Clifford,

Please check to see if the switch is running firmware 2.1.19 if not grab it from the following location.

http://www.cisco.com/cisco/web/solutions/small_business/products/routers_switches/esw_500/index.html

[clifford.gormley]

Hi David,

I figured out what the problem was.

The switch was obtaining an ip via dhcp, as it is a DCHP client by default.

I am used to working with Enterprise level Cisco equipment, so this simple oversight was the cause of the problem.

The ip that was obtained via dhcp was obviously different than the default ip of 192.168.10.2

So when the switch was rebooted, it would start off with its default ip of 192.168.10.2.

As soon as it obtained an ip via dhcp, I could not ping it of course

Thanks for the  input though