[ale] Dual NICs with a cable modem

[Joe Knapka]

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

No, I mean "dhcpcd", the DHCP client daemon. I assume the RR
one is just another DHCP daemon, so you could use dhcpcd
instead, I think. If the RR daemon can be configured to exec
a script when an IP change occurs, then the attached script
will work with it as well.

-- Joe

> 
> - 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
> > * I speak only for myself, not for these idiots:
> > * The Software Monastery - "Better Software Through Divine
> > * Intervention." Source-code prayer vigils available - nominal
> > * donation $0.01/LOC. http://whyme.penguinpowered.com/monastery.html
> 
> --
> ------------------------------------------------
>                  Scott Nolde
>          smnolde-linux at mindspring.com
> ------------------------------------------------

-- Joe Knapka
* I speak only for myself, not for these idiots:
* The Software Monastery - "Better Software Through Divine
* Intervention." Source-code prayer vigils available - nominal
* donation $0.01/LOC. http://whyme.penguinpowered.com/monastery.html
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