On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 12:53 PM, George P. Burdell <gburde...@gmail.com>wrote:
> I know this is a pretty frequently-occurring newbie question but I > just haven't been able to find a clear answer for my exact problem on > Debian (lenny). I have two NIC's on my linux box. eth0 is connected to > a router, which is connected to the Internet. eth1 is connected to a > set of other linux boxes via a separate switch as a private network > (which is to function as a Sun/Oracle Grid Engine cluster), and these > linux boxes do not need Internet access. > > The router is 192.168.1.1, so I set eth0 as 192.168.1.200 (there are a > bunch of Windows PC's connected to the router, e.g. 192.168.1.100, > 192.168.1.101, etc.), and eth1 as 192.168.2.1 so that the private > network will have address 192.168.2.x (the other linux boxes connected > to the switch are 192.168.2.101, 192.168.2.102, ...) > > My /etc/network/interfaces file looks like this: > > =============================== > # The loopback network interface > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > > # The primary network interface > allow-hotplug eth0 > #iface eth0 inet dhcp > iface eth0 inet static > address 192.168.1.200 > netmask 255.255.255.0 > broadcast 192.168.1.255 > gateway 192.168.1.1 > dns-domain lan > dns-nameservers 192.168.1.1 > > allow-hotplug eth1 > iface eth1 inet static > address 192.168.2.1 > netmask 255.255.255.0 > gateway 192.168.2.1 > =============================== > > The "route" command gives me this ("amade" is the name of the linux box): > > =============================== > Kernel IP routing table > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use > Iface > 192.168.2.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 > eth1 > 192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 > eth0 > default 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 > eth0 > default amade-eth1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 > eth1 > =============================== > > What am I doing wrong here? > > One problem is that sometimes the "route" command gives me something like: > > =============================== > Kernel IP routing table > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use > Iface > 192.168.2.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 > eth1 > 192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 > eth0 > default amade-eth1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 > eth1 > default 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 > eth0 > =============================== > > in which case the linux box cannot access the Internet, because > "amade-eth1" seems to take precedence over the router as a gateway to > the Internet, which of course will not work. > > George. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/aanlktikjjfg3ytmba_smfvkf90qn+0brklllhstff...@mail.gmail.com > > add "metric 100" to your eth1, kernel will always choose your eth0 as first default gateway. -- Linuxer using Arch/Ubuntu, Pythoner, Geek --> Blog: http://apt-blog.net --> FB: http://www.facebook.com/boypt