Ben Messinger wrote: > I just picked up some cheap used NE2K pci ethernet cards to use for a > home lan. I installed two in this Linux box since it may become a > proxy-gateway/firewall for a DSL connection soon. [cut] > I made entries in /etc/init.d/network so that it now reads: > > #! /bin/sh > ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 > route add -net 127.0.0.0 > ifconfig eth0 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255 192.168.1.1
Just a thought. Does it work if you change the order of ifconfig argument? I have noticed that ifconfig can be picky about its arguments. Try this: ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255 > route add -net 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 dev eth0 > > But when the above is executed at boot time it returns the following > errors: > > SIOCSIFNETMASK: Cannot assign requested address > SIOCSIFBRDADDR: Cannot assign requested address > > The card (eth0) is now listed in the routing table, as well as being > identified by ifconfig, but I can not pass packets to my other computers > although I see the light blinking on the card when I try to ping another > box. > > Any help will be appreciated. Thank you. If reordering arguments did not work, what does ifconfig -a output? > -Ben // Heikki -- Heikki Vatiainen * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tampere University of Technology * Tampere, Finland
