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

[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 dhcp always fails when trying to obtain an IP
> > address.
> > I have the following /etc/conf.d/net:
> >
> > config_eth0="192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0"
> > routes_eth0="default via 192.168.1.1"
> >
> > config_ath0="192.168.0.1 broadcast 192.168.0.255 netmask 255.255.255.0"
> > mode_ath0="master"
> > essid_ath0="mynetwork"
> >
> > config_eth1="192.168.0.1 broadcast 192.168.0.255 netmask 255.255.255.0"
> >
> > config_eth2="192.168.0.1 broadcast 192.168.0.255 netmask 255.255.255.0"
> >
> > and the following in /etc/dnsmasq.conf:
> >
> > interface=ath0
> > interface=eth1
> > interface=eth2
> >
> > I've started net.eth1 and net.eth2 (both are links to net.lo) and restarted
> > dnsmasq.  I thought it might be a problem with my iptables settings which
> > don't take the new interfaces into account, but stopping iptables doesn't
> > seem
> > to help.
> >
> > Can anyone help me out?
> >
> > - Grant
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> > gentoo-user@g.o mailing list
>
> Grant,
>     Can you ping the server? Set up the interface manually and then try.
> Also, is the dhcp client connected directly to one of the interfaces on the
> dhcp server? If that is the case you will need a cross over cable to do it
> as opposed to a normal patch cable.

Ah, crossovers cables.  I guess I need to whip one of those up.  Do
you think I can get away with just a box cutter when converting a
patch cable if I'm careful?

Do the rest of my settings above look OK?

- Grant
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