Re: firewall setup - firewall newbie

[Douglas Maxwell <doug@turinglabs.com>]

On Mon, May 10, 2004 at 12:34:07PM -0400, Edward Chase wrote:
> > # ifconfig -a
> > eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:60:08:35:05:0C  
> >           inet addr:10.1.50.27  Bcast:10.1.255.255  Mask:255.255.0.0
> >           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1

...

> > eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:20:AF:99:98:2A  
> >           inet addr:192.168.50.1  Bcast:192.168.50.255  
> > Mask:255.255.255.0
> >           BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
	      ^
	      No "UP" here.



The interface appears to be configured, but not active. Try "ifconfig
eth1 up". Do you have "auto eth1" in your /etc/network/interfaces?

Doug