Re: networking problems withe Linksys router [Solved]
At 07:21 PM 3/1/02, Chris Jenks wrote:
I've looked on google, and in the archives, but I'm not having much luck
finding what is causing my problem.
I've got a dual boot box, windows 98 and Debian 2.2r3, connecting to my
cable modem via a linksys router. It's a Linksys Wireless access point +
cable/dsl router with 4 port switch. I'm using the MAC address cloning
feature of the router (with the wireless part turned off unless I'm using
my laptop from somewhere else in my house). I'm also using the router for
a DHCP server.
Before I put the router in I had no problem connecting to my Comcast cable
modem from either windows, or linux and even had woody installed. After
putting the router in, I can no longer access the anywhere on the LAN or
the Internet from the Linux. When in windows (like right now) I have no
problem.
I reinstalled 2.2r3 tonight thinking that I had messed up something when
changing DHCP around (after I put the router in) but when I used the
option to let the networking options be configured by the network using,
DHCP or BootP, it failed. I set a static ip address on the box, but was
unable to ping out from the box my laptop or the linksys router.
I'm curious if the problem is being caused by the MAC address cloning. Has
anyone else had problems like this when using the linksys routers?
I finally got some real time to sit down and play with this problem today.
I turned off MAC Address cloning, with no change in Linux. After
reinstalling potato a third time, and installing progeny, and still not
having it work, I decided to try a different port on the built in switch.
Port 4 is a split port, it's shared with the uplink port (which has nothing
in it). Anyway, after about 3/4 hour of trying to get two more inches of
cable, I was able to move the cable over to port 1, and bounced the
interface (ifconfig down/up). It started working. I moved the cable back to
port 4, and it died again.
Chris
Sometimes it's the dead chicken that fixes the problem. Yes it was that
hard to get that extra cable length.
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