lan and wireless lock out
im running padavan's custom firmware now (latest build) and i have stumbled across a weird issue. It might be the firmware, it might be the hardware, it might even just be how things should work in a more advanced home router environment?
In a corporate environment i can see some issues with what im doing but its worked on all other routers fine over the years in the home.
I run a dual boot on both a laptop (2.4ghz g wireless) and a desktop PC (1 gig LAN) . the setup goes:
laptop: Linux mint 12, Linux mint 14 - Both same wireless with auto IP and both with same MAC (obviously but i thought id mention it). I Alternate between both.
Desktop: Windows 7 64bit, Linux mint 14 - Both same LAN with auto IP and both with same MAC. I Alternate between both.
Each O/S has its own host name.
The ethernet is disconnecting in windows and linux, i have to physically unplug the cables and try forcing the adapter to refresh all the connections at which point in windows i can see the router but its not actually routing anymore even though the WAN is up?
On the router i get ??? for the host name against x2 identical MAC's with separate IP's?
On occasion i manage to get the linux machines host name up and visible on the router and then i can use the internet.
The annoying thing is that a hard power down doesn't fix the issue? and further more this can disconnect the wireless clients after a while.
obviously there is a name conflict?? but given that IP and MAC is Layer 2 id expect the router to be dumb and not care what linux / windows hostname is running just that the same MAC SRC has requested a DHCP and gets the same in return?
Reserving an address on the router for one O/S doesnt do anything of course because the next O/S gets the same ??? conflict as its sees the same MAC
So is this a firmware issue? is there a setting i can use to help me out? even my recent but now not needed ADSL router (TP-LINK TD-W8961ND) didn't care either way. It just saw a MAC and left the rest alone.
Any ideas please as the lockup causes the physical router to lockup overtime and drop routing even though the WAN is up ? even a hardreset doesn't fix
this one is a big enough issue for me to put stock firmware back on (
which isnt too hot lets face it) or even in the end RMA for the new TP-LINK