I have two network cards. One is getting it's IP dynamically from the router connected to the internet. The second I have set the IP statically (192.168.1.1) and have a router connected to it. If I ping 192.168.1.1 I get the splash page from the locally running Apache as if I requested 127.0.0.1 rather than the web interface that I should get from the router.

What do I do to be able to start talking to the router connected to eth1?

Well, I've read for four times your post and I'm not sure if I got it.

Anyway, have you tried this?---->

#route add default gw ip.of.your.router


it should makes your host to talk with your router, anyway.


Let us know if it worked for you.

your second nic is set to use 192.168.1.1 and if you ping it you get a web page back? i think you must have invented a brand new icmp packet if you think you can get a web page from a ping... just a tad impossible. either way, that seems to be doing exactly what you've told it to...

Ooops! I am such a dope!

I meant that I can ping 192.168.1.1 and get a ping back. When I hit that address in my web browser I get the "Seeing this instead of the website you are expecting" splash page from the Apache server running on the same machine.

The 'route add default gw ip.of.your.router' did not help.

Eh? Your router has IP address 192.168.1.1 and you assigned the very same address to your eth1? Looks like a nice IP address conflict to me.

I agree. I changed my configuration (see below) and did another little test. I have two nic cards. I am currently connected to a 2Wire router to the internet through eth0. I can ping the 2Wire router (192.168.1.254) through eth0. I moved my cable connected to the 2Wire router to the Linksys router so eth0 faces the Linksys router. I can ping the Linksys router (192.168.1.1). Both routers work and can be reached through eth0.

When I move the nic end of the cable to eth1 and try to ping either router on the other end I cannot get a connection. The only thing different is the nic (eth1). It would seem that something is rotten in Denmark as far as the eth1 nic card goes. The strange thing is that I can ping the card itself (192.168.1.200) just fine. My configuration is:
What now?

Also, here is my routing tables (something I am totally not familiar with).

You can't have both cards on same subnet.

Edit: Perhaps you should tell us what you are trying to do. The whole setup you have there doesn't seem very sensible.

Please see this post.