Re: [CentOS] Attaching LinkSys WRT54GL to CentOS machine

2011-04-25 Thread Robert Heller
At Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:20:58 -0700 CentOS mailing list wrote: > > On 04/25/11 12:28 PM, Florin Andrei wrote: > > The WiFi access point is connected to the server via a loopback Ethernet > > cable actually. There's no need to use a switch when there are only 2 > > devices connected. Also, in thi

Re: [CentOS] Attaching LinkSys WRT54GL to CentOS machine

2011-04-25 Thread John R Pierce
On 04/25/11 12:28 PM, Florin Andrei wrote: > The WiFi access point is connected to the server via a loopback Ethernet > cable actually. There's no need to use a switch when there are only 2 > devices connected. Also, in this setup, there's no point to use a WiFi > router - a simple WiFi access poin

Re: [CentOS] Attaching LinkSys WRT54GL to CentOS machine

2011-04-25 Thread Timothy Murphy
Anthony wrote: > what you need do is connect the Linksys to the same switch > as the one which hosts your eth1 and ADSL modem. Go to the > configuration pages on the Linksys, change the IP and subnet, then when > you commit and reboot, disconnect the ethernet cable from that switch > and onto the

Re: [CentOS] Attaching LinkSys WRT54GL to CentOS machine

2011-04-25 Thread Florin Andrei
That's exactly how I have my home network configured. Had it for many years actually. There's a Linux box that is the central point of the network. It has several network cards: one for the cable modem, another for the WiFi access point, another for the local LAN. On the cable modem, I just ge

Re: [CentOS] Attaching LinkSys WRT54GL to CentOS machine

2011-04-24 Thread Anthony
On 25/04/11 09:34, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > > His ADSL modem is already on 192.168.1.x subnet, so CentOS WAN NIC > already uses it. And I do not expect resetting router to defaults every > week. Maybe never. > > Ljubomir > Ah yes - forgot that titbit of information - :(. In that case, what y

Re: [CentOS] Attaching LinkSys WRT54GL to CentOS machine

2011-04-24 Thread John R Pierce
On 04/24/11 6:05 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Can one actually have two NICs on a computer in the same LAN? > I would have thought that would cause problems? > you can setup a bridge to do that, but the firewall rules are a little trickier (at least, most of the linux firewall packages assume you

Re: [CentOS] Attaching LinkSys WRT54GL to CentOS machine

2011-04-24 Thread Robert Heller
At Mon, 25 Apr 2011 09:10:36 +1000 CentOS mailing list wrote: > > On 25/04/11 04:15, Timothy Murphy wrote: > > Do you have a LinkSys router with an IP address other than 192.168.1.1 , > > or even better with an address other than 192.168.1.* ? > > If you have, could you tell me _how_ you did

Re: [CentOS] Attaching LinkSys WRT54GL to CentOS machine

2011-04-24 Thread Timothy Murphy
John R Pierce wrote: > I don't actually think my motives are relevant. >> In case I didn't described the situation clearly, >> my CentOS server is connected to an ADSL modem by ethernet (eth0). >> The modem's IP address is 192.168.1.254 . > > your goal is very relevant if youj are expecting us to

Re: [CentOS] Attaching LinkSys WRT54GL to CentOS machine

2011-04-24 Thread Timothy Murphy
Robert Heller wrote: >> That is more or less exactly what I'm hoping to achieve - >> except that I would like my server also to be my DHCP server. >> But I'll start off with you method, and see how I get on. > > I use my 'desktop' as a DHCP server (amoungst other things) in addition > to being my

Re: [CentOS] Attaching LinkSys WRT54GL to CentOS machine

2011-04-24 Thread Ljubomir Ljubojevic
John R Pierce wrote: > On 04/24/11 11:15 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: Without any information on what the purpose of such a setup would be, it's close to impossible to give you any recommendations. Is it because you want to use your CentOS system as a firewall? a router? a HTT

Re: [CentOS] Attaching LinkSys WRT54GL to CentOS machine

2011-04-24 Thread Ljubomir Ljubojevic
Anthony wrote: > On 25/04/11 04:15, Timothy Murphy wrote: >> Do you have a LinkSys router with an IP address other than 192.168.1.1 , >> or even better with an address other than 192.168.1.* ? >> If you have, could you tell me _how_ you did it, please. >> I don't really care _why_ you did it. >>

Re: [CentOS] Attaching LinkSys WRT54GL to CentOS machine

2011-04-24 Thread Ljubomir Ljubojevic
Timothy Murphy wrote: > I don't actually think my motives are relevant. > In case I didn't described the situation clearly, > my CentOS server is connected to an ADSL modem by ethernet (eth0). > The modem's IP address is 192.168.1.254 . It is very much relevant. I am in WISP business for last 7 ye

Re: [CentOS] Attaching LinkSys WRT54GL to CentOS machine

2011-04-24 Thread John R Pierce
On 04/24/11 11:15 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: >> > Without any information on what the purpose of such a setup would be, >> > it's close to impossible to give you any recommendations. Is it >> > because you want to use your CentOS system as a firewall? a router? a >> > HTTP proxy? a network sniff

Re: [CentOS] Attaching LinkSys WRT54GL to CentOS machine

2011-04-24 Thread Anthony
On 25/04/11 04:15, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Do you have a LinkSys router with an IP address other than 192.168.1.1 , > or even better with an address other than 192.168.1.* ? > If you have, could you tell me _how_ you did it, please. > I don't really care _why_ you did it. > > The instructions on

Re: [CentOS] Attaching LinkSys WRT54GL to CentOS machine

2011-04-24 Thread Robert Heller
At Sun, 24 Apr 2011 21:11:31 +0200 CentOS mailing list wrote: > > Robert Heller wrote: > > > I would guess that the OP just wants a Wireless Access Point. It is > > hard (impossible at retail outlets) to get 'just an Access Point', > > although I think Linksys, et. al. still make just plain A

Re: [CentOS] Attaching LinkSys WRT54GL to CentOS machine

2011-04-24 Thread Robert Nichols
On 04/24/2011 01:15 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > I don't actually think my motives are relevant. > In case I didn't described the situation clearly, > my CentOS server is connected to an ADSL modem by ethernet (eth0). > The modem's IP address is 192.168.1.254 . > > I have a second NIC on my server (

Re: [CentOS] Attaching LinkSys WRT54GL to CentOS machine

2011-04-24 Thread Timothy Murphy
Robert Heller wrote: > I would guess that the OP just wants a Wireless Access Point. It is > hard (impossible at retail outlets) to get 'just an Access Point', > although I think Linksys, et. al. still make just plain Access Points > these are no longer commonly available at the retail level. >

Re: [CentOS] Attaching LinkSys WRT54GL to CentOS machine

2011-04-24 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 04/24/2011 01:15 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Kenni Lund wrote: > >>> I have a LinkSys WRT54GL router, >>> which I would like to attach to my CentOS-5.6 server, >>> to set up a LAN 192.168.2.* . >>> The server is attached to the internet >>> through a Billion modem/router which has a single ethe

Re: [CentOS] Attaching LinkSys WRT54GL to CentOS machine

2011-04-24 Thread Timothy Murphy
Kenni Lund wrote: >> I have a LinkSys WRT54GL router, >> which I would like to attach to my CentOS-5.6 server, >> to set up a LAN 192.168.2.* . >> The server is attached to the internet >> through a Billion modem/router which has a single ethernet outlet. > Without any information on what the pur

Re: [CentOS] Attaching LinkSys WRT54GL to CentOS machine

2011-04-24 Thread Robert Heller
At Sun, 24 Apr 2011 17:08:50 +0200 CentOS mailing list wrote: > > 2011/4/24 Timothy Murphy : > > I have a LinkSys WRT54GL router, > > which I would like to attach to my CentOS-5.6 server, > > to set up a LAN 192.168.2.* . > > The server is attached to the internet > > through a Billion modem/ro

Re: [CentOS] Attaching LinkSys WRT54GL to CentOS machine

2011-04-24 Thread Kenni Lund
2011/4/24 Timothy Murphy : > I have a LinkSys WRT54GL router, > which I would like to attach to my CentOS-5.6 server, > to set up a LAN 192.168.2.* . > The server is attached to the internet > through a Billion modem/router which has a single ethernet outlet. > > The instructions for the LinkSys ro

[CentOS] Attaching LinkSys WRT54GL to CentOS machine

2011-04-24 Thread Timothy Murphy
I have a LinkSys WRT54GL router, which I would like to attach to my CentOS-5.6 server, to set up a LAN 192.168.2.* . The server is attached to the internet through a Billion modem/router which has a single ethernet outlet. The instructions for the LinkSys router assume that it is being attached di