Re: How to configure eth0 with static ip and eth1 dhcp
On 23/02/14 09:58, Stephen Powell wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Feb 2014 17:22:16 -0500 (EST), Markos wrote:
>>
>> I'm trying to configure a machine with two network cards to share
>> Internet access to an internal network
>>
>> the /etc/network/interface is:
>>
>> # The loopback network interface
>> auto lo
>> iface lo inet loopback
>>
>> auto eth0
>> iface eth0 inet static
>> address 192.168.0.1
>> netmask 255.255.255.0
>>
>> auto eth1
>> iface eth1 inet dhcp
>>
>> The card eth0 is used as gateway on the internal network with static IP
>> 192.168.0.1 and eth1 is connected to the B-890 -53 Huawei modem.
>>
>> But the modem do not send an IP during initialization.
>>
>> The IP of modem is 192.168.1.1.
>>
>> The modem sends the IP address (192.168.0.4) to my laptop by wifi
>> without problems.
>>
>> Any suggestions of what I should check?
>
> I'm afraid that I don't understand the problem. Is this a traditional
> async dial-up modem? If so, I would expect it to be configured with ppp,
> its interface name would be ppp0, and it would not be listed in
> /etc/network/interfaces at all. I don't get it.
>
I'm guessing it's a cdc_ether device - probably running a web and dn
server at 192.168.0.100. Hopefully the OP will correct my assumption
(Vendor and Product codes from dmesg?).
I'm not familiar with that particular model - but I've had to hack Linux
support for the chipset either side of it (model number).
Kind regards
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