On Sat, Mar 24, 2001 at 04:57:37PM -0600, Steve Doerr wrote: > Hi. This question is for a firewall and I wonder if anybody has any > advice on network configuration, because I can't get eth1 to pass the > internet connection to my hub. > > I've got box1's eth0 connected to my dsl line through the dsl > modem/router and it picks up the ip, etc. through dhcpcd. This card is > connected to the internet fine. > > I've got box1's eth1 connected to jack 1 of the hub, but the hub doesn't > show anything connected. eth1 is a good card, and I can ping it at > 192.168.1.1, but I've missed something about configuring it to forward > the external connection out to my hub and on to my network. I do have > ipmasq installed, but from what I've read, the defaults should handle > this if the network is configured correctly. >
<SNIP configuration> One thing maybe, you say eth1 is connected to jack1 of the hub? Just a possibility, some/most hubs use jack 1 as an uplink to allow stacking, etc. Some can be switched off, if not you might need a crossover cable to use jack 1. Gordon Sadler
