On 13 Oct 2002, Birzan George Cristian wrote: > On Sun, 2002-10-13 at 10:14, John Reinke wrote: > > Here's what I have in the file: > > > > # /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8) > > > > # The loopback interface > > auto lo > > iface lo inet loopback > > > > # The first network card - internet connection > > auto eth0 > > iface eth0 inet dhcp > > > > # The second network card - local network > > auto eth1 > > iface eth1 inet static > > address 172.16.1.1 > > netmask 255.255.255.0 > > broadcast 172.16.1.255 > > network 172.16.1.0 > > gateway 172.16.1.1 > You don't need the broadcast and network part. That's not what's wrong, > though. The gateway is what screws it. It adds a default route through > 172.16.1.1, which is obviously wrong.As the default route given to you > by your ISP's DHCP server gets set before this one, it gets overridden. > You should use gateway for your default gateway and _only_ for that.
My first reaction was that you were wrong, since I essentially had the same /etc/network/interfaces file on the box under Potato. I knew that I had added the auto lines since (why do I now need those auto statements???), but had forgotten that I had originally had the LAN interface listed before the dhcp interface. That agrees totally with what you said, and was indeed the solution I needed. Thanks! I am now able to get a couple of different scipts to set up iptables and NAT/Masq successfully, but there is one side effect I'm not sure how to deal with. >From time to time, a message will output to a console where I am logged in as root saying something like: aditIN=eth0 OUT= MAC=.... SRC=... DEST=... ..and so forth. I assume something within the iptables setup script is telling it to do that. What type of statement is likely creating that output, and is there a way to stop it or redirect it so I don't have output going to a terminal/console I am using? Thanks, John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]