On Monday 06 August 2007, Anson Gardner wrote: > On Monday 06 August 2007 12:12, Hal Vaughan wrote: > > I've been working on a project with some Linksys routers. New > > routers are set to use the IP address 192.168.1.1 and my network > > uses the 172.16.*.* address space. I've had this in my > > workstation's /etc/network/interfaces file: > > > > auto eth0 > > iface eth0 inet static > > address 172.16.7.11 > > netmask 255.255.255.0 > > gateway 172.16.7.1 > > > > To access the Linksys routers when I first get them, I added this: > > > > auto eth0:0 > > iface eth0:0 inet static > > address 192.168.1.128 > > netmask 255.255.255.0 > > gateway 172.16.7.1 > > > > Then I restarted my network and I have eth0:0 with the address > > 192.168.1.128. Using route gives this (edited for space): > > > > Kernel IP routing table > > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref > > Use Iface > > 172.16.7.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 > > eth0 192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 > > 0 eth0 link-local * 255.255.0.0 U 1000 0 > > 0 eth0 default fw.loc.lan 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 > > 0 eth0 default fw.loc.lan 0.0.0.0 UG 0 > > 0 0 eth0 > > > > (fw.loc.lan is the firewall between my LAN and the Internet.) > > > > I don't see any reference to eht0:0 at all. I don't know if that > > matters. > > > > After restarting my network, I can't reach anything on the > > Internet. > > > > Does it matter that route doesn't seem to see a difference between > > eth0 and eth0:0? > > > > What do I need to do to be able to do this and not lose access to > > domains on the other side of my gateway? Why does it change > > routing so my computer doesn't work through the regular gateway > > I've set? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Hal > > You don't need to specify the gateway for eth0:0.
Okay, took it out and it works just fine without it. I had this working before, but couldn't remember the settings. I knew it was something simple. I had other suggestions in private email from well meaning people, but they were a lot of work. I wasn't about to go through and change my entire network to a different range just for the 5 minutes it takes to log in to the router so I can change its address. Even though I had searched and not found the answer, I was sure it was only a minute or two of work if I knew what to do. > I also needed to configure devices that had distinct ip address > values by default. I had a similar setup until recently when I > switched to using ip syntax instead of the 'old way.' Here's a sample > of my interfaces file: > > address 123.456.789.2 > netmask 255.255.255.252 > gateway 123.456.789.1 > up ip addr add 10.1.250.15/24 brd 10.1.250.255 dev eth0 label eth0:0 > up ip addr add 10.10.10.15/24 brd 10.10.10.255 dev eth0 label eth0:1 > > aptitude install iproute > man ip > See if something like that will work for you. I will be looking into that, but it'll be later in the week before I have time to try it. Thanks! Hal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]