Atypical Gateway Configuration

Matir · 08-02-2005, 05:19 PM

You don't need to be using an uplink port. Just connecting the two computers to normal ports is fine. Have you assigned the Windows 2000 machine a static ip address?

Uplink ports are intended to connect to another switch.

Centinul · 08-02-2005, 08:05 PM

I've tried without the uplink and I've got the same problem. It seems like a configuration problem. I've assigned a static IP address to the windows 2000 machine, and made the default gateway the same IP address as eth0 on the gateway box.

Matir · 08-02-2005, 09:08 PM

And you still can't ping the gateway box on its eth0 ip? Try, as root on the gateway, 'tcpdump -n -vvv | grep icmp' and see if the pings show up at all.

What error do you get when pinging?

Centinul · 08-03-2005, 05:36 AM

I'll give that command a shot when I get home from work today. The error I was getting when I tried to ping was a "Request Timed Out" error.

BTW, I really appreciate your help with this

Just wanted to let you know.

Centinul · 08-03-2005, 03:15 PM

Good news I got the computer on the network. I had to change the subnet of the internal interface on the gateway box. I had the internal and external on the following subnets 192.168.1.x. I switched the internal to 192.168.2.x and left the external the same and everything works.....

Thanks for the help with this Matir I really appreciate it!

Now time to figure out how to do a network install of gentoo..............Any tips?

Matir · 08-03-2005, 06:05 PM

No problem. Hrrm, lemme look into the network install, see what's on gentoo.org.

Centinul · 08-04-2005, 07:44 AM

Any luck on finding information for a network install? I can't seem to find any, especially that is easy for me to understand.

Matir · 08-04-2005, 09:13 AM

Take a look at this howto: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Install...thout_a_livecd

It seems pretty clear to me, and I hope it works for you.

Centinul · 08-05-2005, 03:49 PM

I saw the Grub4DOS method and I'm going to give that a shot. Hopefully I can get it to work. If that doesn't work I won a CD-ROM on ebay and that is coming soon

I really appreciate all the help you have given me. Now on to the really tough part. Installing Gentoo............

Matir · 08-05-2005, 05:10 PM

Installing Gentoo is a breeze.

If you need any help during the install, you can IM me (SN is in my profile). No guarantees I'll be around, but I'd be happy to help in realtime.