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On Sat, 3 Feb 2007, Shawn Singh wrote: |
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> The cable checked out. I used it to hookup my work laptop with the other |
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> laptop I was using as my client, and was able to ping each host. The fact |
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> that I had no link made me curious ... and I realized it made user error ... |
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> I was "SURE" that I verified the NIC I was plugging into was eth1, as I've |
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> got 3 NICs in the machine ... the one with no link is really eth2 ... not |
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> eth1 ... I plugged into the correct interface, and (perhaps) needless to |
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> say, my client is now seeing the gateway and the gateway sees the client. |
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I'd suggest using udev rules (create or add to |
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/etc/udev/rules.d/10-local.rules) like this: |
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ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="net", SYSFS{address}=="00:10:b5:0e:d6:e9", NAME="extra" |
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(note, one = in the last one, two in all of the others) to give intuitive |
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names to all of the network cards. Then you replace "eth1" everywhere with |
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"extra". This makes it easier to read, so you don't forget which is which, |
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and it means that if the kernel device enumeration changes, your rules |
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don't break, and if you need to repurpose cards or something, you can just |
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change the MAC addresses and the rules will be right. |
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It's a lot easier to keep "left", "middle", and "right" (or "uplink", |
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"downlink", and "extra") straight than "eth0", "eth2", and "eth1". |
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-Daniel |
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