On Tue, 2006-05-23 at 20:36 +0100, Paul Howarth wrote: > On Wed, 2006-05-24 at 02:23 +0800, LC wrote: > > >> I am trying to make a router using a FC4. I have 2 NICs in the machine. > > >> Install FC4 using minimium. Eth0 is set to DHCP, connected to an ethernet > > >> modem and ETH1 has IP 192.168.1.1, netmask 255.255.255.0 connected to a > > >> switch. Installation was a success and rebooted the box. Clients machines > > >> are unable to ping 192.168.1.1. But when i unplug the modem and reboot, > > >> clients are ablt to ping 192.168.1.1. I realised if the box booted up > > >> both > > >> ETH0 and ETH1, clients are able to ping 192.168.1.1. But if i ifdown ETH0 > > >> and ifup ETH0, clients are able to get reply from 192.168.1.1. > > >> > > >> Can someone tell me what should I do? > > > > > > Perhaps this is the initscripts bug that causes eth0/eth1 to get > > > assigned to the two cards randomly? > > > > > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=187550 > > > > > > Try the initscripts package from updates-testing > > > > > > Hi Paul, > > > > Will it help if i use FC5? > > Ah, didn't notice you were on FC4. This is an FC5-specific bug, so your > problem is something else. I agree with the other posters that suggested > that eth0 and eth1 should be on different networks through. For the system to be a router, the interfaces MUST be on different networks--that's what defines a "router" in the first place (it routes packets between networks). If the NICs are on the same network, you simply have a machine with two different network addresses (which is better handled by one NIC with aliases on it...eth0, eth0:0, eth0:1, etc.). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - VitalStream, Inc. http://www.vitalstream.com - - - - Whoever said "Money can't buy friends" obviously never brought - - donuts to the office. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------
