Re: 2 Network Cards
On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 04:37:03PM -0800, Raquel wrote:
> On Fri, 1 Feb 2008 16:09:00 -0800
> Raquel <raquel@thericehouse.net> wrote:
>
> > I have 2 network cards in this machine. Currently only one of those
> > cards is setup but now I have need to setup another. The
> > current /etc/network/interfaces looks like:
> > # The primary network interface
> > allow-hotplug eth0
> > iface eth0 inet static
> > address 99.999.999.137
> > netmask 255.255.255.248
> > network 99.999.999.136
> > broadcast 99.999.999.999
> > gateway 99.999.999.999
> > dns-nameservers 99.999.999.999 99.999.999.999
> > dns-search domain.com
> >
>
> Let me make a few changes. In order to get eth1 to also work, can I
> add to /etc/network/interfaces:
>
> # The secondary network interface
> allow-hotplug eth1
> iface eth1 inet static
> address 99.999.999.138
> netmask 255.255.255.248
> network 99.999.999.136
> broadcast 99.999.999.999
> gateway 99.999.999.999
> dns-nameservers 99.999.999.999 99.999.999.999
> dns-search domain.com
>
> Is there anything else I need to watch out for? I know that the
> firewall needs to be changed.
>
Looks fine to me, as long as all the "9"s are place-holders for real
numbers. It doesn't make sense to have two NICs in one box on the same
network.
Doug.
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