Using an IP Splitter

Inxsible · 2009-02-14 22:38:51

Ok, so my router just got busted. So I dug up my old IP splitter that I had lying around and connected it. Trouble is, the Windows machine(my work laptop) works flawlessly, but my linux machine does not. If I try to restart network, my eth0 times out. I get this

restart network
:: Stopping Network                                                      [DONE] 
:: Starting Network                                                      [BUSY] 
eth0: lease of 4294967295 would overflow, treating as infinite
                                                                         [DONE]

But then I still cannot browse the internet. ping doesnt work either.

Although when I connect the linux machine directly to the modem and then restart the network I get this

inxs ~ > restart network
:: Stopping Network                                                      [DONE] 
:: Starting Network                                                      [DONE] 
inxs ~ >

What could be the problem.

Its a pain in the ass to have to restart the modem over and over to change the machine...and at times when I have some downloads going..I can't connect to my office network

Last edited by Inxsible (2009-02-14 23:20:31)

fukawi2 · 2009-02-15 22:03:19

What is this "IP Splitter" you speak of?

What's the output of the following commands after you restart the network while the computer is connected to this "IP Splitter"?

ifconfig eth0
route -n
cat /etc/resolve.conf

Last edited by fukawi2 (2009-02-15 22:03:30)

Inxsible · 2009-02-15 22:07:32

Aha !!

A reply in just short of 24 hours .....you made me miss my "bump" that I was gonna give after 24 hrs

the IP splitter is nothing but a device which takes in an ethernet connection -- and gives out two ethernet connections so I can connect 2 machines to the same modem.
About the output...bear with me for a second while i get them and post them.

inxs ~ > ifconfig eth0
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:01:03:8D:63:EA  
          inet6 addr: fe80::201:3ff:fe8d:63ea/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:552 (552.0 b)  TX bytes:468 (468.0 b)
          Interrupt:10 Base address:0x6c00 

inxs ~ >

inxs ~ > route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
inxs ~ >

inxs ~ > cat /etc/resolve.conf
cat: /etc/resolve.conf: No such file or directory
inxs ~ >

Last edited by Inxsible (2009-02-15 22:18:39)

fukawi2 · 2009-02-15 22:26:54

Inxsible wrote:

the IP splitter is nothing but a device which takes in an ethernet connection -- and gives out two ethernet connections so I can connect 2 machines to the same modem.

I hope that's a 2 port hub/switch, and not just a RJ-45 double adaptor?

Inxsible · 2009-02-15 22:45:56

fukawi2 wrote:

Inxsible wrote:
the IP splitter is nothing but a device which takes in an ethernet connection -- and gives out two ethernet connections so I can connect 2 machines to the same modem.
I hope that's a 2 port hub/switch, and not just a RJ-45 double adaptor?

Yup its a 2 port hub

fukawi2 · 2009-02-16 01:19:24

Interesting. Never heard of one of them....

It seems it's not switching traffic correctly to the linux machine. What happens if you reverse the cables on this 2-port hub? (ie, plug cable 1 to port 2, and cable 2 to port 1)

Inxsible · 2009-02-16 04:43:58

fukawi2 wrote:

Interesting. Never heard of one of them....
It seems it's not switching traffic correctly to the linux machine. What happens if you reverse the cables on this 2-port hub? (ie, plug cable 1 to port 2, and cable 2 to port 1)

Yup...I had the same idea that maybe one of the port had gone bad...but again when I do that, the windows machine immediately gets connected, but the linux machine doesn't.

fukawi2 · 2009-02-16 05:43:51

I'm $hit out of ideas then, sorry

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