So it seems that after the conduit is booted, and I issue:
ifconfig eth0 down
ifconfig eth0 up
I suddenly get access to the conduit at 192.168.2.6/30.
Is there maybe a way to do this automatically during boot as a work around?
EDIT: I have implemented a crontab on boot and every two minutes to check connectivity and if the other host is not responding, I cycle eth0. This works well, but I feel like it is totally unnecessary.