Re: eth1 (3com905B) question

2005-09-08 Thread Arsalan Lodhi
Thanks Ron and Andrew ! - it worked - this is the start - this linux workstation is in private zone - my plan is to make this a gateway attached with public IPand route allinternet traffic through this linux machine to my home LAN (pvt network: 192.168.x.x) ... lets see how far do i go ... very

eth1 (3com905B) question

2005-09-07 Thread Arsalan Lodhi
Hello - for ease: relevant important text is bold and italic - simply put, i am not sure what should i check next now ? problem is that once iexecute ifconfig - i still get etho and lo ..but no information about eth1 - i started finding the type of my Ethernet card which is = 3COM905B, then I

Re: eth1 (3com905B) question

2005-09-07 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
do you have eth1 listed in /etc/network/interfaces? A Arsalan Lodhi wrote: Hello - for ease: relevant important text is bold and italic - simply put, i am not sure what should i check next now ? problem is that once i execute ifconfig - i still get etho and lo .. but no information

Re: eth1 (3com905B) question

2005-09-07 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
Arsalan, please Reply-All when using the list so others may share in the results (this assumes that we have useful results ;) You must have an entry for eth1 in /etc/network/interfaces for it to be activated. man interfaces is a good starting point. The entry will depend on what you are

Re: eth1 (3com905B) question

2005-09-07 Thread Ron Peterson
On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 03:26:43PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: Arsalan Lodhi wrote: i guess not -- htis is what i've auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp what should i add in ? You must have an entry for eth1 in