Ah, you had those issues too.. I had them with their "Wifi N" crap, and had issues with Linux with this router.
Long story short - return it and take anything else. Hetz 2010/8/29 Nadav Har'El <n...@math.technion.ac.il> > While I have quite a bit of networking experience, I have found myself > stumped by a frustrating problem in my home network - which surprisingly > appears Linux-specific - and I wonder if anyone ever saw such a thing. > > I have a typical home network. In one room, I have several computers, so I > want to use an additional switch there. I got an EDIMAX ES-3208P 100 Mbps > switch (90 shekels, at Bug). > > Now, what happens is that while my wife's Windows computer works well with > that switch, my Linux computer does not. Sniffing the network, I see that > my Linux computer sends out DHCP broadcasts (to get an IP address from the > house's DHCP server) or ARP broadcasts (to contact the gateway), but while > replies for these queries are being generated, they are not forwarded by > the > switch to my Linux computer! > > When I replace the switch with a 10-year-old hub I had lying around (good > thing I didn't toss that museum piece), suddenly everything works! > > I could have concluded that that EDIMAX switch is simply broken, if it > weren't for the fact the Windows computer works perfectly behind it! What > could possibly be the cause for the Windows computer to connect correctly > behind the switch, while the Linux computer doesn't? Has anyone ever seen > such a problem? > > Thanks for any ideas, > Nadav. > > -- > Nadav Har'El | Sunday, Aug 29 2010, 19 Elul > 5770 > n...@math.technion.ac.il > |----------------------------------------- > Phone +972-523-790466, ICQ 13349191 |I don't eat snails. I prefer fast > food. > http://nadav.harel.org.il | > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > -- my blog (hebrew): http://benhamo.org Skype: heunique MSN: hetz-b...@benhamo.org
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