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

[j.bare]

forgot to add the most crucial point - I have abandoned DHCP

> -----Original Message-----
> From: j.bare [mailto:j.bare@attbi.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 1:17 PM
> To: ufo@ufo. chicago.il.us
> Subject: Re: make linux connect to the evil attbi
>
>
> 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
>
>