Theresa Lane wrote:
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> network initialization is accomplished through red hat scripts.
Despite your very detailed account, I didn't understand one thing. Does
the firewall have multiple NICs or are you using aliases? In any case, I
don't think unmodified redhat scripts account for a second IP address.
>
> ifconfig for eth1 on the firewall shows an oddity. no matter what
> ip address you put in IPADDR for the red hat network initialization
> scripts to use, the address for this interface is always
> 184.92.52.38.
I think this oddity is what you should investigate. This is where you
problem probably lies.
>
> it occurred to me that this might be the lack of the option
> config_as_router_not_as_host. however, i can't check this
No, I can assure you it has nothing to do with that. The only thing that
does, for now, is change some optimization code network drivers use.
Have a look at the help screen for this topic on `make menuconfig`.
HTH
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