Oops. I meant this to go to the list also... >>>>> Forwarded message from Bob Bernstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 23:55:15 -0400 (EDT) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Bob Bernstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re[2]: DHCP and debian In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailer: Ishmail 1.3.3-990123-linux <http://www.ishmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain "Jens B. Jorgensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I believe there is a limitation with the 2.0.X kernel which prevents dhcp > from working if you have more than one ethernet card. This story has been going around but it's not true: --- snip --- ZZ577045-A:/home/ruptured-duck# uname -a Linux ZZ577045-A 2.0.34 #2 Thu Jul 9 10:57:48 EST 1998 i586 unknown ZZ577045-A:/home/ruptured-duck# ifconfig lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Bcast:127.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP BROADCAST LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3584 Metric:1 RX packets:81770 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:81770 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 Collisions:0 eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:40:33:A0:DD:0B inet addr:23.11.241.103 Bcast:24.0.247.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:1044478 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:494488 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 Collisions:27802 Interrupt:12 Base address:0xb400 eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:21:4F:E7:5C inet addr:192.168.1.1 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:377801 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:3 TX packets:556426 errors:6 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:6 Collisions:398 Interrupt:10 Base address:0xb000 ZZ577045-A:/home/ruptured-duck# route Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 23.11.241.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 502 eth0 192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 129 eth1 localnet * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 188 lo --- snip --- I *think* on some systems the issue is detecting the two cards at boot, but that can be remedied by appropriate entries in /etc/conf.modules. (And no wisecracks about such an old kernel! It works! <g>) -- Bob Bernstein at Esmond, Rhode Island, USA --==++*++==-- "RMS's "curmudgeon-like" griping that he didn't like the term "Open Source" looked silly to many last year; it's not looking so dumb today..." Christopher B. Browne << End forwarded message -- Bob Bernstein at Esmond, Rhode Island, USA --==++*++==-- "RMS's "curmudgeon-like" griping that he didn't like the term "Open Source" looked silly to many last year; it's not looking so dumb today..." Christopher B. Browne
