Patrick O Neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> A bit more info... I have my 3c590 driver compiled into
> my 2.2.14 kernel but the tulip driver for my netgear
> is a module. My 3com card is eth0 and the netgear would
> be/was (I removed the card and rebooted to be able to
> reconnect to the net and post) eth1.
>
> I have a dynamic IP from uswest on my DSL but my box
> is 10.0.0.2 and the DSL router is 10.0.0.1 internally -
> to the world, my _router_ has whatever IP uswest assigns.
>
I guess 10.0.0.1 is the address you assigned to your removed-card ?
Not the 3com ?
> I do not really know where to start here. Not that it
> matters but my desktop runs 24/7 - my IP probably remains
> the same most of the time though I don't know for sure (I can
> never determine what my DSL router's IP address actually is.
> Everything I've tried to determine it always gives me back
> the "internal" network IP of 10.0.0.1 for the router and
> 10.0.0.2 for my desktop).
WHAT ????
what does /sbin/ifconfig
says (please report the whole output).
You MUST have an interface configured with your external IP (maybe an alias ?)
or it will never work.
Philippe
> What the outer world sees as my
> IP I don't know.
>
> patrick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Philippe Moutarlier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, January 10, 2000 9:37 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Subject: Re: connecting laptop to my desktop
>
>
>
> Well, I am not sure how to set 2 eth devices but I know it is possible.
> possibly :
>
> alias eth1 ethmodule.o
>
> with the right options there.
>
> Make sure the second card is NOT using dhcp : your server might not
> like having 2 requests from the same client :=)
>
> What you might try :
>
> - move away any /etc/sysconfig/network-script/ifcfg-eth1
> (assuming eth1 is your second card)
>
> - put your second card in and see if it is working
>
> - run /sbin/ifconfig eth1 "my_private_ip" netmask 255.255.255.0
> you will have to use a private network to do what you want.
> you can pick addresses like.
>
> 192.168.0.x
> for your desktop
> and
> 192.168.0.y
> for your laptop
>
> After that, and if it works, you will have to use "ipchains"
> to masquerade your private ips .
>
>
> If it doesn't work, look at what ifconfig says about IRQS and IOs for both
> cards
>
> Philippe
>
>
> Patrick O Neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I have RH 6.1 on my desktop system, kernel 2.2.14. I
> > presently have a 3com 3c900 installed and working with
> > my cisco DSL router. I have an extra NIC, a netgear that
> > kudzu nicely detects and "sets up". What I would like to
> > do is install this second card such that my laptop is
> > connected to the net thru my RH 6.1 desktop system.
> >
> > The laptop is an IBM ThinkPad 1400 with a 3com Etherlink
> > III 3c589 PCMCIA card. I also have Caldera's OpenLinux
> > 2.3 installed on it.
> >
> > I tried first just installing the netgear card and
> > booting up. As I said, kudzu detected it fine but
> > I found that I could no longer communicate with
> > my DSL router. If I ran dhcpcd, it would ultimately
> > timeout without ever acquiring an IP from my ISP
> > (uswest). I also was unable to ping or telnet into
> > my DSL router. When I removed the netgear card,
> > all was well again.
> >
> > I had thought to simply configure the netgear card
> > AFTER installing it (naturally) and didn't think it
> > would automatically cause a problem, but it did.
> >
> > How do I proceed here? What howtos do I need to
> > read about this? I need to know how to get these
> > two cards to coexist as well as how to setup my
> > desktop system so that it will permit my laptop to
> > communicate with it and connect to the internet
> > (via my desktop via my DSL router). Can anyone
> > help me out here?
> >
> > patrick
> >
> >
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