Re: Firewall network configuration
On Sat, Mar 24, 2001 at 04:57:37PM -0600, Steve Doerr wrote:
> Hi. This question is for a firewall and I wonder if anybody has any
> advice on network configuration, because I can't get eth1 to pass the
> internet connection to my hub.
>
> I've got box1's eth0 connected to my dsl line through the dsl
> modem/router and it picks up the ip, etc. through dhcpcd. This card is
> connected to the internet fine.
>
> I've got box1's eth1 connected to jack 1 of the hub, but the hub doesn't
> show anything connected. eth1 is a good card, and I can ping it at
> 192.168.1.1, but I've missed something about configuring it to forward
> the external connection out to my hub and on to my network. I do have
> ipmasq installed, but from what I've read, the defaults should handle
> this if the network is configured correctly.
>
<SNIP configuration>
One thing maybe, you say eth1 is connected to jack1 of the hub? Just a
possibility, some/most hubs use jack 1 as an uplink to allow stacking,
etc. Some can be switched off, if not you might need a crossover cable
to use jack 1.
Gordon Sadler
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