[TriLUG] Internet connection Sharing

[gregbrown at mindspring.com]

Can you run just a plain 'ol ifconfig as root and put that info in an e-mail? 
I'm curious to see the state of eth0 and eth1.

Greg

On Tue, 7 Jan 2003 0:17:07 -0500 Chris Bullock <cgbullock at cox.net> wrote:

> 
> > 
> > From: Jeremy Portzer 
> > Date: 2003/01/06 Mon PM 11:56:39 EST
> > To: trilug at trilug.org
> > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Internet connection
> Sharing
> > 
> > What happens if you run "ifup eth0" to bring
> up the eth0 interface
> > "manually"?
> 
> if eth0 failed
> tried restarting network always brings up eth1
> but not eth0
> > 
> > --Jeremy
> > 
> > On Mon, 2003-01-06 at 23:34, Chris Bullock
> wrote:
> > > I am tring to set up Internet connection
> sharing for my 
> > > home network.  Hardware, Using a Compaq
> deskpro with dual 
> > > nics, one compaq and one smc1211.  Have
> broadband coming 
> > > in from my modem to eth0 which is my compaq
> card.  eth1 
> > > (SMC)card is going to a Netgear 4-port 10mb
> hub which will 
> > > hopefully feed my internal machines.  I am
> using Mandrake 
> > > 9.0 with all the updates.  I have tried
> this twice on two 
> > > different machines with the same result.  I
> goto Mandrake 
> > > Control Center and click Internet
> connection sharing and 
> > > go through the steps, download the needed
> packages and so 
> > > on, Configure my eth0 as the Internet
> interface and my 
> > > eth1 as the LAN interface.  All seems well
> until it 
> > > finishes configuring.  At this point my
> eth0 (Internet if) 
> > > goes down. No light on the card or the
> modem.  service 
> > > network start will not bring up external
> interface.  
> > > ifconfig does not show external but does
> show the 
> > > internal.  What file(s) does the Internet
> connection file 
> > > use so maybe I can look at to see anything
> that stands 
> > > out?  Or can someone help? 
> > >  
> > > Thanks in advance, 
> > >  
> > > --Chris  
> > > 
> > >
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