Dual RTL Nic Issue for MASQ machine
Hello All,
I am attempting to build a small firewall/proxy/masq computer for my home
network. I am having a problem when I attempt to ping to and from the
INTERNAL NIC on my Linux machine to and from an INTERNAL masq machine. I
believe this to be a software issue and not a hardware issue for several
reasons:
1) I can connect to the internet using the external NIC on the Linux machine
2) My machines dual boot with Win98, and when I boot into Windoze I can ping
to and from all NICS on the Linux box to and from all NICS on the Windoze
box
3) I can use some crappy Windoze proxy software using the dual NICS with no
problem
My setup and things I have tried to fix the issue myself:
+I am using dual nics: eth0 is RTL8139, and eth1 is RTL8129
+The kernel is built according to the IPMASQ HOWTO, and support for the RTL
nics is built into the kernel
+As per the instructions I found in the Ethernet HOWTO I have added the
following line to my lilo.conf: append="ether=10,0xb800,eth0
ether=9,0xc000,eth1"
+when I do a "dmesg | grep eth" I can see that both the nics have been
found, and they report the same IRQ and I/O as I specified in my append
command. I also get a line that says "eth1: No MII transceivers found!
Assuming SYM transceiver." Not quite sure what this means however...
+also in my "dmesg" I see the following error: "Loading modules: rtl8139
modprobe: Can't locate module rtl8139". I guess I don't understand why a
module is being loaded when I compiled this into the kernel...
+when I do a "ifconfig" both NICS are reported as being up and running, and
both NICS have the IP addies I gave them in the /etc/network/Interfaces
config file.
+my rc.firewall is a literal cut and paste of the "Initial SIMPLE IP Masq
test for 2.1.x and 2.2.x kernels" out of the IPMASQ HOWTO, and I changed the
last line to reflect my internal IP subnet. When I run this rc.firewall I
see no errors reported, and IPCHAINS -L does give me output that all prot
all allowed to anywhere. I removed the line about Denying anything, so it
is wide open.
+I have tried setting ip_foward to both yes and no in my
/etc/network/options file
+I also went so far as to add "ANY:ANY" to my hosts.allow file, and remove
all entries from my hosts.deny file.
+I have read the Ethernet, IPMASQ, and Networking HOWTOs. I have also
searched the mailing list archives and searched through the Deiban FAQ.
So, can anyone see/guess what is going wrong here? I have a strong feeling
that it is related to the module error reported in dmesg, but that's just my
newbie guess. ;)
Any help would be muchas gracias appreciated!!
Thanks!
Nathan
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