On Mon, 20 Aug 2001 07:13:56 -0500 (CDT)
Gene Gallistel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i'm setting up a firewall for my home network and i'm having problems w/
> my network cards.
>
> eth0 connects to the internal LAN w/ address 10.10.10.1
> eth1 connects to my cable modem gets a dhcp address
>
> the problem: if both cards are listed in /etc/network/interfaces eth1
> will error out on its configuration. this happens both at boot time
^^^^^^^^^
can you post some error messages etc.?
> network configuration and if i restart the networking service. eth0 will
> work fine and be able to communicate with all workstations on the
> internal network.
> if i remove eth0's entry from the interfaces file and reboot eth1
> will work perfectly. this has been confusing me for the last few days, so
> if anyone has ideas i would really like to hear them.
>
> below is a copy of my /etc/network/interfaces file:
>
> # The loopback interface
> iface lo inet loopback
>
> #eth0
> iface eth0 inet static
> address 10.10.10.1
> netmask 255.255.255.0
> network 10.10.10.0
> broadcast 10.10.10.255
>
> # The first network card-this entry was created during the Debian installation
> iface eth1 inet dhcp
>
What does 'ifconfig' say? Are both interfaces listed or just one? Your problem
could be a simple interrupt conflict.
If both interfaces are listed, pls post the output of 'route -n', I noticed
you do not have a 'gateway' line in your interfaces file.
HTH, Stefan.
