Re: Setting up a home gateway/router

[Mike McGinn <mikemcginn@mcginnweb.net>]

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On Friday, May 23, 2014 11:52:43 csanyipal@gmail.com wrote:
> csanyipal@gmail.com writes:
> > So I tried with this setup:
> > iface eth0 inet static
> > 
> >      address 217.17.111.173
> >      netmask 255.255.255.0
> 
> but it doesn't work.
I built a gateway / router / vpn / firewall at work using Debian Squeeze. The 
first thing I noticed is that you did not define a gateway for eth0. That 
could be your problem. This is normally defined for you by the dhcp server, so 
you would have not needed it before, but you probably need it now.

Mike

> 
> Say, the output of the command 'ping gnu.org' is:
> ping: unknown host gnu.org
> 
> >>> My ISP
> >>> 
> >>>   --- eth0 ( GW ) --- eth1
> >>>   
> >>>                         LAN
> 
> The LAN part of my home network works, I have setup a DHCPD server for
> eth1 interface. I can connect from LAN to my GW with SSH client.
> 
> --
> Regards, from Paul
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