Share internet connection/make a small server
Antonio Olivares
olivares14031 at yahoo.com
Mon Aug 29 13:08:28 UTC 2005
--- Jeff Vian <jvian10 at charter.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-08-28 at 17:51 -0700, Antonio Olivares
> wrote:
> > Dear folks,
> > Recently at work, the network administrators
> > changed from static ip's to dhcp. They made
> changes
> > to use static dhcp using the mac address of the
> > machines connected to the network. Before I could
> > connect to the network using something like
> >
> > [root at rio ~]# ifconfig eth0 10.154.20.157 netmask
> > 255.255.248.0
> > [root at rio ~]# route add default gateway
> 10.154.16.1
> > [root at rio ~]# echo nameserver 10.128.0.4 >>
> > /etc/resolv.conf
> >
> > Here's the info of that machine's connection after
> > system administrator connected the machine using
> mac
> > address.
> >
> > [root at rio ~]# ifconfig -a
> > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr
> > 00:50:2C:A6:19:28
> > inet addr:10.154.19.136
> Bcast:10.154.19.255
> > Mask:255.255.255.0
> > inet6 addr: fe80::250:2cff:fea6:1928/64
> > Scope:Link
> > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500
> > Metric:1
> > RX packets:2511 errors:0 dropped:0
> > overruns:0 frame:0
> > TX packets:1766 errors:0 dropped:0
> > overruns:0 carrier:0
> > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> > RX bytes:1405141 (1.3 MiB) TX
> bytes:307686
> > (300.4 KiB)
> > Interrupt:11 Base address:0xae00
> >
>
> > [root at rio ~]#
> >
> > Now I cannot get network access. Even with dhcp
> > enabled. The network identifies the mac address
> of
> > the machine and assigns the same ip throughout.
> >
>
> Are you getting a gateway route added?
> Are you getting a DNS server provided?
>
> The gateway would need to be in the same (new) class
> C address space and
> the static gateway entry would need to be removed.
>
> > I want to add an extra NIC/LAN card to this
> machine
> > call it eth1 and use the machine as a host for a
> small
> > network so that I can use/share the internet
> access
> > with other machines. I ask for advice/help on
> this
> > issue. I have read the following
> >
> > http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/DHCP/index.html
> >
> > and
> >
> >
>
http://www.linux-mag.com/2000-04/networknirvana_01.html
> >
>
> What are the contents of
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
> and /etc/sysconfig/network ?
[olivares at rio ~]$ cat
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
BROADCAST=10.154.23.255
IPADDR=10.154.17.34
NETMASK=255.255.248.0
NETWORK=10.154.16.0
ONBOOT=yes
TYPE=Ethernet
HWADDR=00:50:2c:a6:19:28
USERCTL=no
PEERDNS=yes
GATEWAY=10.154.16.1
IPV6INIT=no
[olivares at rio ~]$ cat /etc/sysconfig/network
NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=rio
[olivares at rio ~]$
> That is where you enable the necessary settings for
> hostname, gateway,
> etc when doing static IPs, and the settings are
> different to use dhcp.
>
> > but I am not sure how to begin. I have not placed
> the
> > nic card yet on the machine but I will do so
> tomorrow.
> > The machine has Fedora Core 3 with an everything
> > install. What do I need to setup a mini dhcp
> server
> > from this machine?
> >
>
> Right now you are trying to set up a dhcp client so
> this machine has
> access to the internet via eth0. A dhcp server is
> also simple, but is
> not a factor in the problem you are describing.
>
> When you set up the dhcp server you will need to
> restrict it to
> answering only on the appropriate interface and set
> the appropriate
> address range. You will also have a routing issue
> to handle.
>
> Adding a second nic may have some surprises. It may
> get the name eth0
> and the existing one may become eth1, depending on
> the order devices are
> probed.
I have added the second nic. The system detects it as
eth1. Thanks Jeff for replying. Now, I will try some
of the reading that I previously did and if I get
stuck will ask for more advice/help.
Kind Regards,
Antonio
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Antonio
>
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