Re: eth1 (3com905B) question

2005-09-07 Thread Arsalan Lodhi
Thanks Ron and Andrew ! - it worked - this is the start - this linux workstation is in private zone - my plan is to make this a gateway attached with public IPĀ and route allĀ internet traffic through this linux machine to my home LAN (pvt network: 192.168.x.x) ... lets see how far do i go ... very

Re: eth1 (3com905B) question

2005-09-07 Thread Ron Peterson
On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 03:26:43PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > Arsalan Lodhi wrote: > >i guess not -- htis is what i've > > > >auto lo > >iface lo inet loopback > > > ># The primary network interface > >auto eth0 > >iface eth0 inet dhcp > > > >what should i add in ? > You must have an e

Re: eth1 (3com905B) question

2005-09-07 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
Arsalan, please "Reply-All" when using the list so others may share in the results (this assumes that we have useful results ;) You must have an entry for eth1 in /etc/network/interfaces for it to be activated. man interfaces is a good starting point. The entry will depend on what you are do

Re: eth1 (3com905B) question

2005-09-07 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
do you have eth1 listed in /etc/network/interfaces? A Arsalan Lodhi wrote: Hello - for ease: relevant important text is bold and italic - simply put, i am not sure what should i check next now ? problem is that once i execute "ifconfig" - i still get etho and lo .. but no information abo