I'll second Rex's suggestion. Four Network cards to
handle each computer is not really good. Get a cheap
switch and you avoid all the hassles.
On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 12:30:50 -0800
Rex Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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From: Matt Neimeyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 10:19 AM
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Subject: [gentoo-user] Cable Modem Configuration
I'm trying to set up a Gentoo Router / File Server /
Firewall...
I've got multiple NIC's in the box (one for each port,
to
each room in the
house). However, that leaves me one short to connect the
cable modem. I
connected it via USB and using the CDCEther driver (as a
module) I do see
the following in my dmesg log... In my /etc/conf.d/net
I
have all (eth0 to
eth5) of my "cards" configured to use DHCP (which the
cable
modem will need
in the end). However, eth5 is saying "can't start" or
some
other words for
"I failed but I'm not going to tell you why". I don't
see
anything in the
logs though... any ideas?
emmm....A generally less expensive, and easier solution
to using 4
ethernet cards would be to use a hub or a switch
(switches allow
full-duplex operation and generally result in better
network
performance). I've seen 4-port switches for as little as
a dollar
or two, and good name brand 7-port switches for $30
recently. Unless
you have some good reason to do this the way you have, I
would really
recommend you purchase a switch, as it would reduce
configuration
nightmares (and also leave you with a port into which you
can plug your
modem).
-rex
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