2 intel gigbit nics , not able to talk

[ubearcats]

I've got one nic on the motherboard , the other is an add-on card(intel 1000 mt). Onboard card uses dhcp(192.168.1.40), the other a static ip(192.168.2.101). Onboard card is connected to dsl modem, other card is connected to a linksys gigabit switch. Both indicate they are at 100 mb/s by the green light indicator. If I swap the 2 , meaning swap cables , then both go to yellow indicator light meaning they are at 1000 mb/s. Also attached to the gigabit switch is another intel 1000 mt card(192.168.2.100). Its indicator light is yellow. I'm trying to get the 2 nics attached to the gigabit switch to ping each other, but all I get is host unreachable. I've disabled firewall on both machines and still nothing. I attached a laptop(100 mb/s) to the gigabit switch in place of 192.168.2.100. I am then able to ping.

ethtool from 192.168.2.101
Supported ports: [ TP ]
Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
1000baseT/Full
Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
1000baseT/Full
Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
Speed: 1000Mb/s
Duplex: Full
Port: Twisted Pair
PHYAD: 0
Transceiver: internal
Auto-negotiation: on
Supports Wake-on: umbg
Wake-on: g
Current message level: 0x00000007 (7)
Link detected: yes

ifconfig from 192.168.2.101
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:07:E9:0F:55:C8
inet addr:192.168.2.101 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::207:e9ff:fe0f:55c8/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:62 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:8319 (8.1 KiB)
Base address:0xa000 Memory:f9020000-f9040000


ethtool from 192.168.2.100
Supported ports: [ TP ]
Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
1000baseT/Full
Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
1000baseT/Full
Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
Speed: 1000Mb/s
Duplex: Full
Port: Twisted Pair
PHYAD: 0
Transceiver: internal
Auto-negotiation: on
Supports Wake-on: umbg
Wake-on: g
Current message level: 0x00000007 (7)
Link detected: yes

ifconfig from 192.168.2.100
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:07:E9:0F:70:FF
inet addr:192.168.2.100 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::207:e9ff:fe0f:70ff/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:387 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:47603 (46.4 KiB) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Base address:0xa800 Memory:df000000-df020000


Any ideas why they can't talk? Let me know if more info is needed... thanks

[ubearcats]

It appears that I can only get 1 of the 2 gigabit nic cards to actually register as 1 gigabit. it's like which ever is first on the network is listing as 1 gigabit according to the light on the card

[ubearcats]

got both cards to register as 1000 mb/s , it appears that 1 will receive packets but cannot send them as when I use the other machine to ping, I see the router lights flicker, but if I ping from the other machine , the lights do not flash.