setting up home network, ethernet card installed?

filfish · 11-01-2005, 06:49 PM

go to system tools from the applications menu, select internet configuration wizard, on the left (device type) select ethernet connection click nextt, select one of the ethernet cards in the list box on the following screen click next, enter the ipaddress you want to use for example 192.168.0.254 for the netmask enter 255.255.255.0 and leave the gateway empty click next, then click apply.

ok, now open 'system settings > network', there should be an ethernet card on the fist screen, click on it then click on activate, that will set up your ethernet card, then as mentioned earlier from the terminal window type

service network start

then

service dhcpd start

you should now have a running dhcp server

Liefmans · 11-02-2005, 01:21 AM

No sorry, doesn't work.

I think we must start from scratch and make sure that the ethernet cards are installed. How can I do that?

dd12 · 11-02-2005, 06:21 AM

more info please

1. Do you have a hub or switch that both computers are plugged into?
2. How are the 2 computers wired together?
3. You didn't post the netstat -rn from the master computer. please do so
4. You need to post 'ifconfig -a' and 'netstat -rn' from slave as well.

Liefmans · 11-02-2005, 11:06 AM

No hub or switch, just a simple crossed cable between the two computer. I'm now on the client computer and on the server computer I have WinWP running. This proves that with the client, there is no problem.

Please find below the results of ifconfig and netstat on the client computer. netstat on the server I posted earlier.

Unfortunately, the reply that I get is in German

This is another problem I have to solve. My computer is going German and my German skills are less than my linux skills...

Code:

root@einstein:/# ifconfig -a
eth0      Protokoll:Ethernet  Hardware Adresse 00:50:BF:E3:4C:9B
          inet Adresse:192.168.0.99  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Maske:255.255.255.0
          inet6 Adresse: fe80::250:bfff:fee3:4c9b/64 G�ltigkeitsbereich:Verbindung
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:1813 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1944 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          Kollisionen:0 Sendewarteschlangenl�nge:1000
          RX bytes:965821 (943.1 KiB)  TX bytes:327539 (319.8 KiB)
          Interrupt:17 Basisadresse:0xc000

lo        Protokoll:Lokale Schleife
          inet Adresse:127.0.0.1  Maske:255.0.0.0
          inet6 Adresse: ::1/128 G�ltigkeitsbereich:Maschine
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:309 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:309 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          Kollisionen:0 Sendewarteschlangenl�nge:0
          RX bytes:23493 (22.9 KiB)  TX bytes:23493 (22.9 KiB)

sit0      Protokoll:IPv6-nach-IPv4
          NOARP  MTU:1480  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          Kollisionen:0 Sendewarteschlangenl�nge:0
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

Code:

root@einstein:/# netstat -rn
Kernel IP Routentabelle
Ziel            Router          Genmask         Flags   MSS Fenster irtt Iface
192.168.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U         0 0          0 eth0
0.0.0.0         192.168.0.1     0.0.0.0         UG        0 0          0 eth0

dd12 · 11-02-2005, 02:59 PM

Okay eth0 on the client is: 192.168.0.99 gateway 192.168.0.1.

Do you know how to setup linux as a router? You will need to do so on the master computer to allow the client to route thru it.

If you don't know how to, I would suggest buying a switch that would provide DHCP and would allow each computer to work independantly. I have it setup this way.

If all you want to do is have the client pull files from the master you can do this:

Master computer:
ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.1 up

Plug the crossover cable between the master and slave into the eth0 interface. The fact that you can do 'ifconfig -a' and see the cards proves the cards are being seen from the OS.

Now on the client you are already setup for 192.168.0.99. On the master 'ping 192.168.0.99' the IP of the client and on the client you will ping the master 'ping 192.168.0.1'

Doing the pings by name would require you adding some lines to your /etc/hosts file.

That should do it. Like I said, doing routing on the master computer to allow the client to connect out to the internet over the PPP link isn't what this will provide.

Liefmans · 11-02-2005, 04:12 PM

Nope, no ping but I will try with the card with which I'm connected now to the internet.

Hopefully, you'll see me back

Liefmans · 11-02-2005, 04:26 PM

Yep, this worked!

When I borrowed my eth1 (card with working internet connection) for this test, it worked! So now I'm sure that knoppix did not install my 2nd ethernet card.

FYI: My card is a NVIDIA NFORCE2.

I think I have now to dive into the making of a kernel or adding a module... sigh

Thanks for your help guys. You'll probably see me back when I'm installing my ethernetcard. If anyone can give me tips, they are welcome!