A strange situation !
I am having a strange problem at hand.Does proximity of a machine to a
HUB make it a router by default ?
This very briefly is what my LAN looks like :
i1---SWITCH---HUB---s1
| | | |
i2 i3 s2 s3
(10.10.1.1) (10.10.1.40)
to to
(10.10.1.3) (10.10.1.43)
The HUB is placed next to s2 (10.10.1.42)
The machines connected to the SWITCH (ie: those having an IP range
10.10.1.1 to 10.10.1.3) , mention the IP of s1 as the proxy ,
when they wish to surf the internet.
But when s2 (near which , I have placed the HUB) was booted into Linux ,
the machines connected to the SWITCH (ie: those having an IP range
10.10.1.1 to 10.10.1.3) , were seen as trying to connect to s2
instead of trying to connect to s1 !
And subsequently those machines showed "Could not connect to s2
10.10.1.42)" , when they should have reached s1 and reached the
Internet !
When I re-booted s2 to Windows , the problem was over.
The machines connected to the SWITCH (ie: those having an IP range
10.10.1.1 to 10.10.1.3) found s1 , and properly connected to the
internet.
Does proximity of any machine to the SWITCH or HUB bring upon it
the status of a router ?
Please help me understand this situation.
I am planning to have SQUID with s1 booted to Linux,
but I am totally dumbstruck by this strange phenomenon.
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