I've been working on a project with some Linksys routers. New routers are set to use the IP address 192.168.1.1 and my network uses the 172.16.*.* address space. I've had this in my workstation's /etc/network/interfaces file:
auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 172.16.7.11 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 172.16.7.1 To access the Linksys routers when I first get them, I added this: auto eth0:0 iface eth0:0 inet static address 192.168.1.128 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 172.16.7.1 Then I restarted my network and I have eth0:0 with the address 192.168.1.128. Using route gives this (edited for space): Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 172.16.7.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 link-local * 255.255.0.0 U 1000 0 0 eth0 default fw.loc.lan 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 default fw.loc.lan 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 (fw.loc.lan is the firewall between my LAN and the Internet.) I don't see any reference to eht0:0 at all. I don't know if that matters. After restarting my network, I can't reach anything on the Internet. Does it matter that route doesn't seem to see a difference between eth0 and eth0:0? What do I need to do to be able to do this and not lose access to domains on the other side of my gateway? Why does it change routing so my computer doesn't work through the regular gateway I've set? Thanks! Hal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
