both replies i've had to this have said more or less the same thing and of course, i do intend to 'take control of my network' by setting up a gateway etc. but at the moment i don't know how to do that yet so i was hoping for an interim solution but if the problem is the fact that my little hub isn't a router i guess i better learn how to set up a gateway/firewall quick
reccomendations for a howto for such a thing? ----- Original Message ----- > 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 > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
