[UFO Chicago] Re: make linux connect to the evil attbi

[j.bare]

i am still working on this when I have time.  Since last week:

I manually configured eth0 MAC address to the MAC of my cable modem.  Turned
out to be a bad idea; it hangs on boot, I had to reinstall.

I have begun looking at my kernel ip routing table.  Wanna see it?
(I know, contrary to convention, I have eth1 facing the internet and eth0
internal)

destination		gateway		genmask			flags	mss windows	Iface
192.168.0.0		0.0.0.0		255.255.255.0		U			eth0
12.249.83.0		0.0.0.0		255.255.255.0		U			eth1
127.0.0.0		0.0.0.0 		255.0.0.0			U			lo
0.0.0.0		192.168.0.0		0.0.0.0			UG			eth0

I changed /etc/host.conf I added a line "multi on".  Should I edit the
0.0.0.0 route in the routing table so that it points to eth1 as the gateway?

I still have the issue of shared IRQs between eth0 and the usb device.

So, is there a problem with the routing table?  some HOWTO i saw suggested
changing the windows setting to 16948 or something.

One guy on a newsgroup got his to work after disabling plug n play cards.
disable plug and play? is this a good idea? how do I do that?

Another newsgroup correspondent suggests disable all servers (eg sendmail)?
How do I tell what is running?


If these four or five issues turn into dead ends, I am going to change to
Debian or ROOT or may Linux from Scratch.  Do any of you have install CDs
laying around?

Joe Bare


-----Original Message-----
From: ufo-admin@ufo.chicago.il.us [mailto:ufo-admin@ufo.chicago.il.us]On
Behalf Of j.bare
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 9:19 AM
To: jackb@guppy.us
Cc: ufo@ufo. chicago.il.us
Subject: RE: [UFO Chicago] Re: make linux connect to the evil attbi



>
> Got an old pc?  Download IPCOP - configure for DHCP. Done.
>
> IPCOP is linux distro setup as a firewall out of the box.

Thanks for the suggestion.  So, what is my process? I download an .iso file
to my Win98 box (since it is the only thing that can connect to internet
right now), put it on a floppy, transfer floppy to RH machine, then what?
compile? install?


>
> PSS: the surfboard modem will allow for 7 different macs, so not
> an issue - if
> you overload it then unplug and wait 5 minutes.

I am not sure what you mean by "overload."  Also what am I overloading?


Joe Bare


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