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   From: Bob Plyler    
      
   Pierre Jelenc wrote:   
   > I have just set up a Linux machine running Ubuntu 10.10/Gnome (that's the    
   > way it came, I haven't even attempted to modify anything.) It plugs into    
   > port #2 of a Netopia router, while the eCS machine uses port #1. It seems    
   > that almost as soon as I do something via the internet on the Linux    
   > machine, it disables completely internet access from the eCS one: http,    
   > ssh, telnet, ftp all time out with no explanation, while things look OK on    
   > the Linux side.   
   >    
   > To get eCS back on line, I must not only unplug the cable from the Linux    
   > box, but reboot the router as well.   
   >    
   > I have an old Mac laptop that I used to use together with the same eCS    
   > machine and the same router without any problem, so it's not just having    
   > two computers going through the router that causes the trouble. Also, when    
   > the eCS side becomes disabled, it appears to be disabled at the computer    
   > itself, because I cannot even reach the router via its web interface: such    
   > an attempt times out, even though there's no traffic beyond the router.   
   >    
   > I have swapped the cables at the router ports (there are 4 ports, and I    
   > tried several combinations of all of them) and rebooted everything but    
   > that does not help.   
   >    
   > One peculiar thing is that both computers claim to be at 192.168.1.105    
   > (from ifconfig lan0/eth0) which would point to a competition, but why    
   > would they both get the same address? Why 105 rather than 100 or 101? Why    
   > does Linux always seem to win regardless of whether it is plugged in port    
   > #1 or #2, or whether it is not even plugged in until well after eCS has    
   > already grabbed 192.168.1.105 and been shown to connect without problem?   
   >    
   > If this is the cause of the problem (rather than a symptom) I should be    
   > able to force an address via ifconfig, but should I do it on both    
   > machines, and how much should I specify? The syntax of ifconfig has so    
   > many parameters!   
   >    
   > Thanks,   
   >    
   > Pierre   
      
   What is giving out the DHCP addresses?  It sounds like it's messed   
   up.   
      
   You could set one (eCS or Linux) of them to a static address.   
      
   Bob Plyler   
      
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