Using 2 network cards in Slackware 9.1

spinal · 05-19-2004, 06:11 PM

Ahoy Hoy,

I've recently installed Slackware 9.1 onto my PC, i've managed to get pretty much everything i need up and running (yay for me!!) but i've stumbled upon a bit of a problem.

I've got 2 NIC's in my PC, one (eth0) is connected to my router (as i share an internet connection with my flatmate) and is working fine. The other (eth1) i use to connect to my XBOX.

I can't seem to find out how you tell a program to use eth1 instead of eth0, which means i can't FTP onto my xbox to transfer files, it also means i can't stream over media to it, which is a ball ache since that's what it's used most for.

The way it works (or how it did under windows) is that the xbox has a static IP of 192.168.0.5, with the netmask at 255.255.255.0 and the default gateway of 192.168.0.4. (which is the IP address of my eth1). This then allowed you to FTP to the xbox, and to stream media files to it.

i'll list some random network config files, in case it helps.....

Code:

00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133] (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133 AGP]
00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 40)
00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586/B/686A/B PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 1a)
00:07.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 1a)
00:07.4 Bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 40)
00:07.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Accton Technology Corporation SMC2-1211TX (rev 10)
00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R250 If [Radeon 9000] (rev 01)

Code:

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:10:B5:E6:78:DA
          inet addr:192.168.0.3  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:2873 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:3049 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
          RX bytes:1661433 (1.5 Mb)  TX bytes:416326 (406.5 Kb)
          Interrupt:10 Base address:0xa000
 
eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:50:22:83:7E:CD
          inet addr:192.168.0.4  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:9 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:540 (540.0 b)
          Interrupt:11 Base address:0xc000
 
lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:430 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:430 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:21768 (21.2 Kb)  TX bytes:21768 (21.2 Kb)

If anything else might be useful, let me know.

or if you can help me, i've been loving the rest of slackware, this is driving me a little insane! and i'll appreciate it

atlesn · 05-19-2004, 06:37 PM

Try

# route add 192.168.0.5 netmask 255.255.255.255 dev eth1

This shoud tell your slack-box where the x-box is

spinal · 05-20-2004, 11:14 AM

you my friend, are stupendous!

only problem i had was that trying to add a netmask brought up an error (possibly due to the distro i'm using??) so i just used: route 192.168.0.5 dev eth1 when logged in as route, opened up gFTP, put in the IP of my xbox and it connected straight away......

so much faster transfer times than windows too, is there any benefits to windows over linux?!

anyways, thanks for the prompt and efficent help, I owe you a pint or two.........