hi dennis, your description doesn't match your diagram, your diagram has the cable modem attached to eth1 of your firewall and the switch to eth0 of your firewall, which is exactly what i have, plugging the cable modem straight into your switch won't work unless it's actually not a switch but a router that can take dhcp assignments, (i'm assumimg that you use dhcp, if you have a static this still applies since whatever the cable modem plugs into must be set up correctly), all my cables into my switch are patch cables and not crossover, i have to admit that i've never looked at the cable that came with the modem so whether that's crossover or not i don't know but using the one that came with the modem means it doesn't matter! - though if someone could enlighten me without my having to take the network down (and get down on hands and knees behind my desk!) so perhaps you could clarify your setup, also when you say that your computers work fine i assume you mean with each other but not with the internet? otherwise there's something i'm missing here!
bascule On Wednesday 01 Jan 2003 11:11 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: > Below is the way I think my network should be wired. However, I can not get > anything to connect with the set up shown. What I have is both eth0 and > eth1 on the firewall going into the switch and then an uplink cable going > to the cablemodem. If I wire the way I think it should be I can not ping > the router or connect to the internet. All computers can connect and > function fine with the wrong set up. However, I don't feel comfortable that > my firewall is really protecting me. This has to be some simple thing I am > doing wrong but I have tried for months to make it work and no go. Any > ideas or howtos that might clear the mud from my mind? Suggestions are > appreciated. > > > cablemodem > > xx.xx.xx.xxx eth1 > firewall/router > 192.168.0.5 eth0 > > network switch > > ____________________ > > 192.168.0.3 .0.5 .0.1 -- 'Oh, them as makes the endings don't get them,' said Granny. (Maskerade)
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