Re: network question
On Tue, Jan 12, 1999 at 07:15:17PM -0600, Wesley Simon wrote:
> I'm running Debian 2.0 on a machine with 1 10baseT network card.
> I use this as a Quake server on my LAN. I would like to add a
> 10/100baseT card to it so that there are 2 network cards. I would
> then like to be able to run one 100baseT hub and one 10baseT hub. I
> have read that Linux will only detect one card on bootup. Is this
> still true for kernel 2.0.34?
As far as I know. It's OK, though - you can tell the kernel about the
configurations of the various cards when installing modules or with the
kernel parameter list.
> Would this work?
> Set card A with an IP of 192.168.1.1
> Set card B with an IP of 192.168.2.1
> For all machines on 192.168.1.X, set the gateway to 192.168.1.1.
> For all machines on 192.168.2.X, set the gateway to 192.168.2.1.
That'll work.
> So, the Linux machine would function as a gateway and a Quake
> server simultaneously.
You'd need to make sure the machine knows it is allowed to forward packets
between the two networks if it's supposed to gateway.
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