On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Darryl Harvey wrote:
> I am running an old laptop as a gateway machine.
> It is running RH v7.0and the Ethernet and modem ports are on a Xircom
> PCMCIA card.
>
> The only way I can get it to automatically (on boot) dial the ISP and
> connect is by pushing the pcmcia loading sequence before the network is
> configured. and then I have to reset the network from the rc.local file to
> make it all clean and fix the routing tables.
>
> My question are;
>
> 1/. Is there a better way of achieving what I am trying to do?
>
> 2/. How can I reset the ETH0 port without resetting the ppp0 port?
>
ifdown eth0 ; ifup eth0
>
> 3/. If I issue the command /etc/r.d/init.d/network reload, it stops and
> starts ALL network interfaces. Can I specify which interface I want to
> stop/start (IE: just reload ETH0) ??
>
> And how do I make sure ppp-watch is invoked ?? Should that happen by
> default if the ONBOOT=yes option is specified with in the ppp0 options?
>
>
>
> Thanks
> Darryl
>
You may want to consider changing the ONBOOT= setting to no, and running
ifup commands from rc.local to bring up the interfaces after everything
is set. You may also want to consider setting USERCTL to yes, so you
can bring the interfaces up as a normal user. I find this handy for
laptops so thay do not try to connect to the network when the machine is
being used when not connected to a network or phone line. (Unless this
machine is strictly a gateway/firewall.)
Mikkel
--
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
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