On 23 Oct 2009, at 22:47, "Philip Prindeville"
<philipp_s...@redfish-solutions.com
> wrote:
> On 10/23/2009 04:31 AM, Tom Chadwin wrote:
>>>
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-----Original Message-----
>>> From: Philip A. Prindeville
>>> [mailto:philipp_s...@redfish-solutions.com]
>>> Sent: 16 October 2009 03:15
>>> To: astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net
>>> Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] Getting Berofix to work in
>>> net5501 with Astlinux 0.6.7
>>>
>>> On 10/15/2009 10:09 AM, Lonnie Abelbeck wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Oct 15, 2009, at 4:32 AM, Tom Chadwin wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> This will work if the 8139too module is enabled in
>>>>>>
>>> /etc/rc.modules,
>>>
>>>>>> but if "modprobe 8139too" is called in /mnt/kd/rc.elocal
>>>>>>
>>> the BRIDGE0
>>>
>>>>>> variable won't work as expected if any of the bridged
>>>>>>
>>> interfaces are
>>>
>>>>>> not defined until /mnt/kd/rc.elocal is called. Advanced
>>>>>>
>>> users could
>>>
>>>>>> place the 'brctl' calls in rc.elocal if they wish.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> The documentation says this:
>>>>>
>>>>> "In this example eth1 is the berofix card and eth0 is our
>>>>>
>>> interface
>>>
>>>>> to the LAN. We want to apply our LAN interface the ip-address
>>>>> 192.168.0.2 and our berofix device the ip-address
>>>>>
>>> 192.168.0.3. After
>>>
>>>>> we setup the Bridge we want to access the berofix device from all
>>>>> devices in our LAN which are all in the network
>>>>>
>>> 192.168.0.1-254. To
>>>
>>>>> setup this bridge, you need to enter a few commands like in the
>>>>> following
>>>>> example:
>>>>>
>>>>> berofix:# ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 up
>>>>> berofix:# ifconfig eth1 0.0.0.0 up
>>>>> berofix:# brctl addbr br0
>>>>> berofix:# brctl addif br0 eth0
>>>>> berofix:# brctl addif br0 eth1
>>>>> berofix:#ifconfig br0 192.168.0.2 up
>>>>>
>>>>> "These commands will first remove the ip-addresses from
>>>>>
>>> your network
>>>
>>>>> cards, then will create the bridge and add your network
>>>>>
>>> card and the
>>>
>>>>> berofix card to this bridge. In this case the bridge gets the
>>>>> IP-address 192.168.0.2. The default IP of the berofix is 10.0.0.2
>>>>> with the subnet 255.0.0.0 and we have to change this with the
>>>>> bfdetect tool to 192.168.0.3 with 255.255.255."
>>>>>
>>>>> So would putting that into rc.elocal do the trick, do we
>>>>>
>>> think? Not
>>>
>>>>> worked with either bridges or ip forwarding before, so I'm flying
>>>>> somewhat in the dark here. As I say, Beronet recommend the bridge
>>>>> approach, so it might be nice to get that working.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Tom, you need one "modprobe bridge" before the first
>>>>
>>> 'brctl' command.
>>>
>>>> To make it look like /etc/init.d/network, something like:
>>>>
>>>> -- rc.elocal snip --
>>>>
>>>> modprobe 8139too
>>>> modprobe bridge
>>>>
>>>> EXTIF="br0"
>>>> BRIDGE0="eth0 eth1"
>>>>
>>>> brctl addbr $EXTIF
>>>> brctl setfd $EXTIF 0
>>>> for i in $BRIDGE0; do
>>>> ifconfig $i 0.0.0.0 up
>>>> brctl addif $EXTIF $i
>>>> done
>>>> ifconfig $EXTIF $EXTIP netmask $EXTNM up if [ -n "$EXTGW" ]; then
>>>> route add -net default gw $EXTGW dev $EXTIF fi
>>>> -- snip --
>>>>
>>>> In the Network tab set External Interface: br0 with
>>>>
>>> Connection Type:
>>>
>>>> Static IP, define Static IP:/NetMask:/Gateway:
>>>>
>>>> I have not tested this, so expect errors, but should give you
>>>> something to test.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I wouldn't recommend using /mnt/kd/rc.elocal in this case.
>>>
>>> Edit /etc/rc.modules to add/enable the module.
>>>
>>> Modify /mnt/kd/rc.conf to set BRIDGE0 and EXTIF as above (or as
>>> appropriate).
>>>
>> This would not work for me, as I mentioned, because if I try to use
>> rc.modules to enable the 8139too driver, the box boots with the
>> Berofix interface as eth0, and hence as $EXTIF, so I can get no
>> access
>> to the box. Even changing the order of the modules in rc.modules did
>> not solve this problem. This is why I am modprobing 8139too in
>> rc.elocal.
>>
>> I shall try to get a bridge up and running today.
>>
>> Thanks again
>>
>> Tom
>>
>
> This would be so much easier if you were running 0.7...
I can assure you I'll upgrade once it's released, but as an mISDN user
on other installs, I'm waiting until then.
Tom
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