Art Alexion on 23 May 2006 20:03:02 -0000


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[PLUG] Re: Changing DSL setup


Never mind.  As with all windows problems, rebooting fixed the samba browsing.  
Now to figure out how to configure this to work with the gateway and 
eliminate the hub.

On Tuesday 23 May 2006 15:32, Art Alexion wrote:
> OK, so I did this incrementally.  I plugged the gateway into separate NIC
> cards on each machine, keeping the LAN on the original NIC.  In theory, I
> now have two networks in parallel.  One network uses static IP via
> /etc/hosts, and the other is getting an IP from the gateway appliance.
>
> Internet working fine on all machines.
>
> Windows machine samba shares are accessable from the Linux machine, but the
> Linux shares aren't showing up on the Windows machine.
>
> I changed two settings on the TCP/IP properties dialog for the LAN on the
> windows machine; I deleted the default gateway (which pointed to the Linux
> machine under the old setup), and removed the DNS servers. as this is no
> longer an Internet connection and it should be getting name resolution from
> hosts.txt.
>
> What did I do wrong and how can I get this machine back to accessing the
> Linux shares?
>
> On Tuesday 23 May 2006 11:26, Art Alexion wrote:
> > My current setup:
> > DSL line -> DSL Modem -> eth0 on Kubuntu machine running rp-pppoe with IP
> > forwarding/masq set -> peers on LAN/Samba
> > using /etc/hosts for resolution
> > LAN set to use 192.168.0.[1-4] on eth1
> >
> > What I want to do:
> > Replace DSL modem with Actiontec Gateway 704-wg.  This is a combo DSL
> > modem / router (wireless and ethernet) /ethernet hub*.
> > The address for the gateway is 192.168.1.1
> >
> > What is the most simple way to change the setup?  Do I need to run
> > rp-pppoe's adsl-setup, entering the new info and getting rid of IP
> > forwarding?
> >
> > *Interestingly, Verizon (who sent me the gateway) denies that the unit
> > acts as a hub (I suppose they just don't want to support that function).
> > Actiontec instructs how to enter LAN addresses, but does not list the
> > ethernet hub function as a feature.  Why is this such a secret?

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