Ethernet 10base T splitter

[Nicholas Evans]

Hello,

    I've just spent the past four hours trying to get my two computers 
to use the one ethernet port on the back of my 2wire Home portal, which 
serves as a router and DSL modem. I bought a 10base T splitter from 
radioshack, brought it home, and hooked it up. After a bit of tinkering, 
I got my old computer to work, but my new one wouldn't. After four 
hours, I've tried every trick I can think of, and some I didn't think 
of, to no avail. My new computer /refuses/ to work when  I use the 
splitter. I've tried switching the wires around, re-adding the 
ethernetcard 5 or 6 times for each compter, played with the 2wire 
settings, played with the hosts, route, and network services. Is there 
something I'm overlooking? Do I need some exotic network service? Or is 
the splitter just crappy?

This is taken from my system log. It's what appears when I attempt to 
activate eth0.

Jan 25 14:47:30 localhost kernel: eth0: Media Link On 10mbps half-duplex
Jan 25 14:47:32 localhost dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 
255.255.255.255 port 67
Jan 25 14:47:36 localhost dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 
255.255.255.255 port 67
Jan 25 14:47:47 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 
255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6
Jan 25 14:47:53 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 
255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
Jan 25 14:48:01 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 
255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10
Jan 25 14:48:11 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 
255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 20
Jan 25 14:48:31 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 
255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 17
Jan 25 14:48:48 localhost dhclient: No DHCPOFFERS received.

Help?

Thanks,
Nicholas Evans