Joel Daynes wrote:

> Hello-
> I am trying to set up a beige G3/266 with YDL 3.0 to be used as a
> router/firewall on my home network, and am having difficulties getting
> the OS to recognize the built-in NIC and the PCI NIC I installed at
> the same time. It seems to be getting confused about which NIC is
> which--when I have the PCI NIC installed, the hardware browser says
> that it is the only NIC in the machine, and the Network configurator
> says that eth0 is my PCI NIC, even though I know by MAC address and
> the fact that I can unplug the network cable going to the PCI NIC and
> still transmit data, that eth0 is actually the built-in NIC. Does
> anyone have any experience using a YDL machine as a router/firewall?
> Could you give me some suggestions/pointers?
>
> Thanks-
> Joel

If the GUI tools are no help, here are some pointers to solve the NICs
story:

(1) What PCI NIC do you have?

....> sudo /sbin/lspci

This should tell you what type of PCI NIC you have. My case, I've got:

....
00:0f.0 Ethernet controller: D-Link System Inc RTL8139 Ethernet (rev 10)
....

(2) Check /etc/modules.conf

....> cat /etc/modules.conf

That should return something like:

....
alias eth0 mace
alias eth1 8139too
....

eth0 is the built-in, eth1 is the PCI... because I already configured it.
How to know which driver to use? Depending on what you got with lspci,
search for it in /boot/modules.conf:

# The "8139" comes from the lspci line.

....> grep 8139 /boot/module-info

In my case, it returned:

8139cp
"RealTek RTL-8139C+ series"
8139too
"RealTek RTL-8139, SMC EZ Card"

Try modprobe which each and you'll find out which one is the right one.
Once, you found it, add:

alias eth

to /etc/modules.conf where the card number you want and the
driver that loaded OK with modprobe.

(3) Configure /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts:

Inside that directory, you should already have: ifcfg-eth0.
Make sure you also have ifcfg-eth1 and configure both of them with the right
values. Once you're done. Try:

....> sudo /etc/init.d/network stop
....> sudo /etc/init.d/network start

That will tell you if your settings are OK. Alternatively, use ifup and
ifdown for eth0 and/or eth1. If something goes wrong:

....> sudo /sbin/lsmod

allows you to check that the PCI NIC driver loaded OK.

....> sudo /sbin/ifconfig -a

will display the configuration of your NICs.

For more information, get the RH9 documentation there:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/

and/or:

http://www.google.com/search?q=linux...UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

Note: Don't ask me about setting up a Firewall/Router, I'm no help in that
matter...

HTH

spammers@go-to-hell.net wrote in message news:<8Mgec.5269$k05.956@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.ne t>...
> Joel Daynes wrote:
>
> > Hello-
> > I am trying to set up a beige G3/266 with YDL 3.0 to be used as a
> > router/firewall on my home network, and am having difficulties getting
> > the OS to recognize the built-in NIC and the PCI NIC I installed at
> > the same time. It seems to be getting confused about which NIC is
> > which--when I have the PCI NIC installed, the hardware browser says
> > that it is the only NIC in the machine, and the Network configurator
> > says that eth0 is my PCI NIC, even though I know by MAC address and
> > the fact that I can unplug the network cable going to the PCI NIC and
> > still transmit data, that eth0 is actually the built-in NIC. Does
> > anyone have any experience using a YDL machine as a router/firewall?
> > Could you give me some suggestions/pointers?
> >
> > Thanks-
> > Joel
>
> If the GUI tools are no help, here are some pointers to solve the NICs
> story:
>
> (1) What PCI NIC do you have?
>
> ...> sudo /sbin/lspci
>
> This should tell you what type of PCI NIC you have. My case, I've got:
>
> ...
> 00:0f.0 Ethernet controller: D-Link System Inc RTL8139 Ethernet (rev 10)
> ...
>
> (2) Check /etc/modules.conf
>
> ...> cat /etc/modules.conf
>
> That should return something like:
>
> ...
> alias eth0 mace
> alias eth1 8139too
> ...
>
> eth0 is the built-in, eth1 is the PCI... because I already configured it.
> How to know which driver to use? Depending on what you got with lspci,
> search for it in /boot/modules.conf:
>
> # The "8139" comes from the lspci line.
>
> ...> grep 8139 /boot/module-info
>
> In my case, it returned:
>
> 8139cp
> "RealTek RTL-8139C+ series"
> 8139too
> "RealTek RTL-8139, SMC EZ Card"
>
> Try modprobe which each and you'll find out which one is the right one.
> Once, you found it, add:
>
> alias eth
>
> to /etc/modules.conf where the card number you want and the
> driver that loaded OK with modprobe.
>
> (3) Configure /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts:
>
> Inside that directory, you should already have: ifcfg-eth0.
> Make sure you also have ifcfg-eth1 and configure both of them with the right
> values. Once you're done. Try:
>
> ...> sudo /etc/init.d/network stop
> ...> sudo /etc/init.d/network start
>
> That will tell you if your settings are OK. Alternatively, use ifup and
> ifdown for eth0 and/or eth1. If something goes wrong:
>
> ...> sudo /sbin/lsmod
>
> allows you to check that the PCI NIC driver loaded OK.
>
> ...> sudo /sbin/ifconfig -a
>
> will display the configuration of your NICs.
>
> For more information, get the RH9 documentation there:
>
> http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/
>
> and/or:
>
> http://www.google.com/search?q=linux...UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
>
> Note: Don't ask me about setting up a Firewall/Router, I'm no help in that
> matter...
>
> HTH

Excellent--I'll give your suggestions a whirl. Thanks for the help!