Hi Philip that does the trick - thanks. I now have my phones connected directly to the net5501.
One slight wrinkle which I have not yet resolved, is that whilst adding the three INT lines and the bridge line to user.conf does indeed enable the use of a hub, it prevents access to eth0, which means I cannot use the web tool, or even ping the external interface (192.168.0.124) whilst the bridge is enabled. If I go in via the serial interface and uncomment those four settings and reboot, eth0 is available again. Here is the network config with the bridge enabled: ---------------------------------------------------- coral-pbx ~ # brctl show bridge name bridge id STP enabled interfaces br1 8000.000024cb57ed no eth1 eth2 eth3 coral-pbx ~ # ---------------------------------------------------- coral-pbx ~ # route -e Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface 192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 br1 192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 224.0.0.0 * 240.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 br1 ---------------------------------------------------- coral-pbx ~ # ifconfig br1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:24:CB:57:ED inet addr:192.168.1.1 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:1056 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:44352 (43.3 KiB) eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:24:CB:57:EC inet addr:192.168.0.124 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:13 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:826 (826.0 B) TX bytes:188 (188.0 B) Interrupt:11 Base address:0xe100 eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:24:CB:57:ED UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) Interrupt:5 Base address:0xe200 eth2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:24:CB:57:EE UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) Interrupt:9 Base address:0xe300 eth3 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:24:CB:57:EF UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) Interrupt:12 Base address:0xe400 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:739 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:739 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:407766 (398.2 KiB) TX bytes:407766 (398.2 KiB) coral-pbx ~ # ---------------------------------------------------- Do I need to add a route between the interfaces, or is there some Astlinux config that I am missing. Thanks regards Mart ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip A. Prindeville" <philipp_s...@redfish-solutions.com> To: "AstLinux Users Mailing List" <astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 6:36 PM Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] Enabling Astlinux/Soekris hub > Ok, so: > > INTIF="br1" > INTIP=192.168.1.1 > INTNM=255.255.255.0 > > BRIDGE1="eth1 eth2 eth3" > > You can't plug in 4 phones, because you will always need an external > interface... > > You could plug in 3 phones directly, or 2 phones and then can a switch > off port eth3. > > -Philip > > > Martin Rogers wrote: >> Hi Philip >> >> thanks for your reply. I have a couple of further questions if that is >> OK. >> >> 1. I assume these changes need to be made in /rtc/rc.conf? >> >> 2. I currently have eth0 bound the external interface which plugged into >> the >> old hub; i.e. >> >> EXTIF="eth0" >> EXTIP="192.168.0.124" >> EXTGW="192.168.0.1" >> EXTNM="255.255.255.0" >> >> and none of the INT settings are currently being used >> >> INTIF="" >> INTIP="" >> INTNM="255.255.255.0" >> INT2IF="" >> INT2IP="" >> INT2NM="255.255.255.0" >> INT3IF="" >> INT3IP="" >> INT3NM="255.255.255.0" >> >> If I make the change you recommend, what should the EXT settings be set >> to? >> >> 3. If your suggestion allows me to plug two voip phones in (using eth0 >> and >> eth1) , and I wanted later to plug four phones in (using all four eth >> ports); what settings would I need to make? >> >> Many thanks for your time. >> >> regards >> Mart >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Philip A. Prindeville" <philipp_s...@redfish-solutions.com> >> To: "AstLinux Users Mailing List" <astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net> >> Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 11:43 PM >> Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] Enabling Astlinux/Soekris hub >> >> >> >>> INTIF=br1 >>> BRIDGE1="eth0 eth1" >>> >>> And that's it. >>> >>> >>> Martin Rogers wrote: >>> >>>> Hi >>>> >>>> I am using a Soekris net5501 with Astlinux 0.6.4. >>>> My current configuration involves a TDM400 and two VOIP phones. The >>>> net5501 and the two phones interconnect via a separate hub (the >>>> net5501 connects via its eth0 port). >>>> >>>> What I would like to do is ensble the other eth ports on the net5501 >>>> and use it as the hub so that all I need to do is plug the two voip >>>> phones directly into the net5501. >>>> >>>> I would be grateful for any suggestions on how this can be achieved. >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> Mart >>>> >>>> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Astlinux-users mailing list > Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users > > Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to > pay...@krisk.org. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to pay...@krisk.org.