Howdy, I have a WAN/LAN challenge I'm hoping for help with. I'm runniing Debian 7.11 on a Pentium 3 with 250MB ram.
mike@/deb7:~> uname -a Linux playground 3.2.0-4-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 3.2.84-2 i686 GNU/Linux The situation is this: phone eth0 eth1 AT&T-------| |--------| |--------| |-------| | AT&T modem/ Linux my Win2K router box router box When eth0 is up and eth1 down, the Linux box can access the web. 'ping ATTrouter' works. When eth0 is up and eth1 up, the Linux box can not access the web. the Win2K box can access the web. the Linux box can not access the Win2K shares. 'ping ATTrouter' fails. 'ping -Ieth0 ATTrouter' works. When eth0 is down and eth1 up, the Linux box can access the Win2K shares. When eth0 is down and eth1 down, it's quiet. The ATT router is set to 'Pass Through' giving the Linux box the ATT router's IP address. The Linux box is set to use DHCP. This might explain why I loose the LAN connection when eth0 up. Why can the Linux box not see the web while the Win2K box can? I've not found or at least recognized the problem in the HowTo's. Pointer's or suggestions? Thanks, Mike # /etc/hosts 192.168.1.254 ATTrouter #192.168.1.64 outbound.att.net att 127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.1.2 playground play 192.168.1.3 south40 s40 192.168.1.1 router # ----------------------- end hosts # /etc/networks default 0.0.0.0 loopback 127.0.0.0 link-local 169.254.0.0 localnet 192.168.1.0 # ----------------------- end networks # /etc/resolv.conf domain attlocal.net search attlocal.net nameserver 192.168.1.254 # ----------------------- end resolv.conf # /etc/network/interfaces # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface allow-hotplug eth1 # eth0 = onboard eth port iface eth0 inet dhcp # eth1 = 3Com PCI 3c905C card iface eth1 inet static address 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 network 192.168.1.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255 # dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if installed dns-nameservers 208.67.222.222 208.67.220.220 # ----------------------- end interfaces -- "I reckon some folks figure it a compliment to be called 'broad-minded.' Back home, broad-minded is just another way of saying a feller is too lazy to form an opinion." - Will Rogers