[gentoo-user] Router 3rd and 4th net interface problem

2006-09-27 Thread Grant
I have a Gentoo router with eth0 connected to the WAN (DSL modem/router) and ath0 connected to the LAN. It works perfectly. I've added two ethernet cards and I'm trying to connect from another machine to one of the new cards (eth1 and eth2). ifconfig shows the cards are detected just fine, but

Re: [gentoo-user] Router 3rd and 4th net interface problem

2006-09-28 Thread Oliver M A Wilson
On 21:19 Wed 27 Sep , Grant wrote: > I have a Gentoo router with eth0 connected to the WAN (DSL modem/router) and > ath0 connected to the LAN. It works perfectly. > > I've added two ethernet cards and I'm trying to connect from another machine > to one of the new cards (eth1 and eth2). ifcon

Re: [gentoo-user] Router 3rd and 4th net interface problem

2006-09-28 Thread Grant
> I have a Gentoo router with eth0 connected to the WAN (DSL modem/router) and > ath0 connected to the LAN. It works perfectly. > > I've added two ethernet cards and I'm trying to connect from another machine > to one of the new cards (eth1 and eth2). ifconfig shows the cards are > detected just

Re: [gentoo-user] Router 3rd and 4th net interface problem

2006-09-28 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 07:12:47 -0700, Grant wrote: > > > config_eth0="192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0" > > > config_ath0="192.168.0.1 broadcast 192.168.0.255 netmask > > > config_eth1="192.168.0.1 broadcast 192.168.0.255 netmask > > > config_eth2="192.168.0.1 broadcast 192.168.0.255 netmask > > D

Re: [gentoo-user] Router 3rd and 4th net interface problem

2006-09-28 Thread Oliver M A Wilson
On 07:12 Thu 28 Sep , Grant wrote: > >> I have a Gentoo router with eth0 connected to the WAN (DSL modem/router) > >and > >> ath0 connected to the LAN. It works perfectly. > >> > >> I've added two ethernet cards and I'm trying to connect from another > >machine > >> to one of the new cards (

Re: [gentoo-user] Router 3rd and 4th net interface problem

2006-09-28 Thread Mike Williams
On Thursday 28 September 2006 05:19, Grant wrote: > I have a Gentoo router with eth0 connected to the WAN (DSL modem/router) > and ath0 connected to the LAN. It works perfectly. > > I've added two ethernet cards and I'm trying to connect from another > machine to one of the new cards (eth1 and eth

Re: [gentoo-user] Router 3rd and 4th net interface problem

2006-09-28 Thread Richard Fish
On 9/27/06, Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have a Gentoo router with eth0 connected to the WAN (DSL modem/router) and ath0 connected to the LAN. It works perfectly. I've added two ethernet cards and I'm trying to connect from another machine to one of the new cards (eth1 and eth2). ifconfi

Re: [gentoo-user] Router 3rd and 4th net interface problem

2006-09-28 Thread Grant
> I have a Gentoo router with eth0 connected to the WAN (DSL modem/router) > and ath0 connected to the LAN. It works perfectly. > > I've added two ethernet cards and I'm trying to connect from another > machine to one of the new cards (eth1 and eth2). ifconfig shows the cards > are detected just

Re: [gentoo-user] Router 3rd and 4th net interface problem

2006-09-28 Thread Grant
Grant, I have never made a cross over cable before, probs best to look on google, there is bound to be a guide somewhere. As for you settings, I can't see anything wrong with them. My buddy just told me that most modern NICs do "autosensing" so they don't require a crossover cable. Is that

Re: [gentoo-user] Router 3rd and 4th net interface problem

2006-09-28 Thread Richard Fish
On 9/28/06, Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: eth0 is connected to the WAN (DSL modem/router), and ath0, eth1, and eth2 are all meant to allow other systems to connect to the LAN via DHCP. Should I be configuring eth1 and eth2 as 192.168.0.1? No. Consider the case where your system needs to se

Re: [gentoo-user] Router 3rd and 4th net interface problem

2006-09-28 Thread Grant
> eth0 is connected to the WAN (DSL modem/router), and ath0, eth1, and > eth2 are all meant to allow other systems to connect to the LAN via > DHCP. Should I be configuring eth1 and eth2 as 192.168.0.1? No. Consider the case where your system needs to send an IP packet to 192.168.0.100. How wi

Re: [gentoo-user] Router 3rd and 4th net interface problem

2006-09-28 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Thursday 28 September 2006 21:18, Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] Router 3rd and 4th net interface problem': > My buddy just told me that most modern NICs do "autosensing" so they > don't require a crossover cable. Is that right?

Re: [gentoo-user] Router 3rd and 4th net interface problem

2006-09-28 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Thursday 28 September 2006 21:43, Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] Router 3rd and 4th net interface problem': > I'm pretty confused. I'm trying to get the system in question to > behave like a solid-state router that you can plug an et

Re: [gentoo-user] Router 3rd and 4th net interface problem

2006-09-29 Thread Hans-Werner Hilse
Hi, On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 22:06:21 -0500 "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 28 September 2006 21:43, Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] Router 3rd and 4th net interface > problem': > > I'

Re: [gentoo-user] Router 3rd and 4th net interface problem

2006-10-02 Thread Grant
> > I'm pretty confused. I'm trying to get the system in question to > > behave like a solid-state router that you can plug an ethernet jack > > into and be on the network. How should eth1 and eth2 be configured > > in /etc/conf.d/net ? > > They should be configured as part of a bridge device (s

Re: [gentoo-user] Router 3rd and 4th net interface problem

2006-10-02 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 2 Oct 2006 08:18:38 -0700, Grant wrote: > I've never used a switch before. Is there any proprietary software to > configure (like with a router), or is it just a button or two? Just one button, the power switch :) -- Neil Bothwick If I save time, when do I get it back? signature.as

Re: [gentoo-user] Router 3rd and 4th net interface problem

2006-10-02 Thread Thomas T. Veldhouse
Grant wrote: > > I'm pretty confused. I'm trying to get the system in question to > > behave like a solid-state router that you can plug an ethernet jack > > into and be on the network. How should eth1 and eth2 be configured > > in /etc/conf.d/net ? > > They should be configured as part of a br

Re: [gentoo-user] Router 3rd and 4th net interface problem

2006-10-02 Thread Thomas T. Veldhouse
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Mon, 2 Oct 2006 08:18:38 -0700, Grant wrote: I've never used a switch before. Is there any proprietary software to configure (like with a router), or is it just a button or two? Just one button, the power switch :) Sometimes two ... if you attempt to use th

Re: [gentoo-user] Router 3rd and 4th net interface problem

2006-10-02 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Monday 02 October 2006 10:18, Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] Router 3rd and 4th net interface problem': > > > > I'm pretty confused. I'm trying to get the system in question to > > > > behave like a solid-state rout

Re: [gentoo-user] Router 3rd and 4th net interface problem

2006-10-02 Thread Hans-Werner Hilse
Hi, On Mon, 2 Oct 2006 10:49:34 -0500 "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > How should eth1 and eth2 be > > > > > configured in /etc/conf.d/net ? > > > > They should be configured as part of a bridge device (see the > > > > bridging section of /etc/conf.d/net.example) and

Re: [gentoo-user] Router 3rd and 4th net interface problem

2006-10-02 Thread darren kirby
quoth the Thomas T. Veldhouse: > Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Mon, 2 Oct 2006 08:18:38 -0700, Grant wrote: > >> I've never used a switch before. Is there any proprietary software to > >> configure (like with a router), or is it just a button or two? > > > > Just one button, the power switch :) > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Router 3rd and 4th net interface problem

2006-10-06 Thread Grant
> > > > > How should eth1 and eth2 be > > > > > configured in /etc/conf.d/net ? > > > > They should be configured as part of a bridge device (see the > > > > bridging section of /etc/conf.d/net.example) and have the address > > > > assigned (and DHCPD listing on) that bridge device. > > > Except t

Re: [gentoo-user] Router 3rd and 4th net interface problem

2006-10-06 Thread Grant
> I'm afraid I can't keep up with you guys here. What I'd like to do is > use eth1 and ath0 on my router to "serve" the same local network. Can > I bridge them according to net.example to accomplish this? I > understand that I will either need to use a crossover cable with eth1 > or attach a sw