On Mon, 2006-05-22 at 15:46 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > I think dhcp acts beyond the eth0/192.168.1.226 wireless bridge. Somehow > I have to direct the computer to that eth0 interface if it's going to > reach the internet, printer, etc. A few points, in case things are not clear: A machine has a hostname, it refers to itself. Generally speaking, one of the network interfaces is associated with it (sometimes just the localhost one). This allows things within the machine that use networking to work (such as the X server, internal mail, etc.). It's also used for inter-machine communication (e.g. SMB). Each interface (generally) has a unique address. The address refers to the interface, not the machine. Within the machine the netmask is used against the interface address to determine where external traffic goes (directed through a gateway, or just out a specific interface). e.g. An interface at 192.168.1.10 with a netmask of 255.255.255.0 will consider all 192.168.1.0 to 192.168.1.255 to be on the same subnet, and be internal traffic. An address that doesn't start with 192.168.1 will be external to the subnet, and must go through a gateway. >>> Can I put the bridge address on the line above it? >>> >>> 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost >>> 10.1.1.2 box2 >>> 10.1.1.3 box3 >>> 10.1.1.4 box4 >>> 10.1.1.1 192.168.1.226 box1 > I don't think the last line is correct as above. 10.1.1.1 box1 should > be eth1 while 192.168.1.226 is eth0 that connects to the wireless > bridge. Perhaps as you say I should have named them differently > somehow but I tend to think of them as interfaces to the same > computer, box1. Box1 has to interface either the LAN or the wireless > network. In some ways I'm loath to suggest "naming" things eth0 and eth1, they're rather vague, and can change in some circumstances. If you're going to name interfaces to be abundantly clear, perhaps using names like wired and cabled might be more practical. 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost 10.1.1.2 box2 10.1.1.3 box3 10.1.1.4 box4 10.1.1.1 wired.box1 thebox1hostname 192.168.1.226 wireless.box1 Presuming that it's box1 that you're having the troubles with (prelonged boot, etc.), I'd place the hostname assigned to the box into the hosts file against one of the entries for its interface that has a fixed IP address. By now I'm probably as confused as you are about your network, and a diagram might be quicker to follow than describing it in words. Particularly regarding not just how machine to machine networking is expected to work on your network, but how you're interfacing it to the outside world. -- (Currently running FC4, occasionally trying FC5.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
