thanks for this information Gordon, just a few questions - I will put them close to the section that they relate to ...
Gordon Rowell wrote: >On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 10:05:54AM +0100, Christophe Martens ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>[...] >>The purpose is to bind this wireless card to eth2 >>with IP 192.168.100.2 >> > >No, you should use another network number, e.g. 192.168.101.1 > >>(eth1 IP 192.168.100.1 wired internal network / eth0 >>Adsl) on my gateway. >> > >You should swap the internal and ADSL interfaces so eth0 is internal. >There should be no need for "swapped" configuration in 4.1.2 and later. > >>Little question ... >> >>For the wireless network, is 192.168.100.2 now the >>gateway for my portable >>or >>could I keep 192.168.100.1 (normal network) and >>will eth2(192.168.100.2) >>pass >>the request forward to eth1(192.168.100.1) ? >> > >No, use another network number 192.168.101.1 and add it to the "Local >Networks" panel. Everything should then just work. > >You then need /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth2: > >DEVICE=eth2 >USERCTL=no >ONBOOT=yes >BOOTPROTO=none >IPADDR=192.168.101.1 >NETMASK=255.255.255.0 >NETWORK=192.168.101.0 >BROADCAST=192.168.101.255 > >And Dan York and I have both found that wireless.opts doesn't work as it >should. I have created /etc/init.d/wavelan and linked it to >/etc/rc7.d/S46wavelan, containing: > >#!/bin/sh > >/sbin/iwconfig eth2 mode managed \ > essid "<somestring>" \ > nick "<hostname>" \ > key s:<someotherstring> \ > rate 11M > I am guessing that essid "<somestring>" should be either the other computer or in my cas the ID of the wireless access point at my ISP. nick should be hostname of my e-smith gateway? key s: - does this have to do with encription and if my isp doesn't have encryption turned on may this be left blank? > >Finally, you need an /etc/rc7.d/S45pcmcia -> ../init.d/pcmcia to make >the card start on bootup. > >>The Michael Maxwell's Contributed HowTo (painfully >>disappeared before I made a copy or notes of it) is a great >>welcome. >> > >This needs to be rolled into an RPM and a manager panel. Anyone want >to take that one on? > >Gordon >-- > Gordon Rowell [EMAIL PROTECTED] > VP Engineering > Network Server Solutions Group http://www.e-smith.com > Mitel Networks Corporation http://www.mitel.com > > >-- >Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues >Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Archives by mail and http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org > > > -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives by mail and http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
