[ale] Dual NICs with a cable modem

[Scott Nolde]

Please email me the script.  I just d/l the Time Warner RR client login
daemon.  Is this what you meant?

- Scott


Joe Knapka wrote:
> 
> Hi, Scott,
> 
> That is the exact setup I (and presumably many others) have.
> It is pretty much just a case of setting your default interface
> to NIC1 rather than ppp0. The only possible wrench in
> the works is DHCP. If your IP address is changed, you will need
> to refresh your firewall rules. dhcpcd
> <http://www.phystech.com/download>
> executes a script if it detects an IP change; you can use
> that script to fix up your fw chains. dhcpcd also saves the
> assigned IP address in a file. It's all documented in the
> README that comes with the distribution. I'll send you
> my fixup script if you want.
> 
> Luck,
> 
> -- Joe
> 
> Scott Nolde wrote:
> >
> > I'm about to get a cable modem installed in my house and I'd like to use
> > my RH6 linux box to firewall the NIC and masquerade to other computers.
> >
> > I've had the IP masquerading thing going for a long time now with a
> > modem ppp connection so reconfiguration on that part should be minimal.
> >
> > Assuming I get the new NIC installed and configured for DHCP properly,
> > how do I configure the routing table and other configurables to go thru
> > the cablemodem NIC?
> >
> > The system structure is this:
> >
> >           |        Linux Computer               |
> > CABLE <---|---> NIC1 <<-- Firewall -->> NIC2 <--|--> |HUB| --> LAN
> >
> > Any suggestions?  Documents?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Scott
> > ------------------------------------------------
> >                  Scott Nolde
> >          smnolde-linux at mindspring.com
> > ------------------------------------------------
> 
> -- Joe Knapka
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