On Thu, 2002-04-25 at 02:33, gabriel wrote: > i've got two machines using to different ips connected to one hub, which is > in turn connected to the cable modem. the ips are _not_ on the same subnet, > but nonetheless, _sometimes_ i get transfer speeds between the two boxes > around 4MB/sec, other times, only 1MB, and others, only 60K... > > the speeds seem to change at random and sometimes i get an ip conflict > message popup in windows. > > it seems that my problem is that sometimes the data goes this way: > linux box > hub > big, bad internet > hub > windows box > > and sometimes my data goes this way: > linux box > hub > windows box > > how do i make sure that the latter is the only thing that happens? >
sounds like a routing issue. It also sounds like you have two different subnets on the same wire ( hub makes no difference) by default the networking setup is to have a route for the local subnet stright to the interface and a default rout to a gateway for all other traffic. I think you could add a route an tell the boxes that the other subnets are on the same interface as the local subnet. what does route -n show and ifconfig on each box. That would help troubleshooting this. Now I have to ask. Is there a good reason that you have two subnets on the same lan without a router between them? That is the basic cause of the problem if I understand your setup. Bret _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
