tlug: LAN Card: Part 2

["Jack Morgan" <yojack@example.com>]

Thanks for the help. Here some additional information:

    JB> I'm kind of confused by your statement that you have a LAN card but
    JB> not an Ethernet card.  I haven't seen a computer that had a token
    JB> ring LAN card in it for a long, long time.  Can you clarify that
part?
    JB> But assuming that you in fact do not have an Ethernet card, then:

I have a Allied Telesis, centre COM LA-PCI. When I bought it, the box said
LAN card. I just assummed that is what it was. Is it just an Ethernet card
with a LAN interface?

    JB> RTA-50i (AKA Net Volante)

This is the router I have with 128k accsess.

    JB> check the router docs

I have but they are in Japanese and my Japanese isn't good enogh to read
them!

    JB> Assuming you don't have global IP addresses for your machine(s), you
    JB> will want to configure the router as a dial-up router with demand
    JB> dial, and probably to use bandwidth-on-demand (BOD) if you have 128K
    JB> access (this much will actually be true even if you do have global
    JB> IP addresses), and to NAT (AKA IP masquerade) your internal network.
    JB> In that case, make your internal network (the one NATted by the
    JB> router) 192.168.0.0, make the router 192.168.0.0 on the inside, and
    JB> number from there (your computer could be 192.168.0.2, for example).
    JB> How to do all this will depend on the make (and possibly the model)
    JB> of router you have, so that takes us back to - you guessed it
:-)  -
    JB> check the router docs for more info on that  :-)
    JB> Once you get the router otherwise configured, all you need on the
Linux box
    JB> is a default route pointing at the router (and it's possible you may
get
    JB> this automatically when eth0 is brought up). This is set using the
    JB> route command.  You can view your current routing table by typing
    JB> netstat -nr or just route all by itself (this may not return
anything
    JB> if there are no currently viable routes, but rather just sit there).

Will try this. Thanks

    JB> The route manpage is pretty good, and if you have the Linux Network
    JB> Administrator's Guide, there is useful and well-presented
information
    JB> there as well.

I have this book and will reread again. Maybe, I'm missing a simple point.
BTW, I was able to ping my router from my Linux box. That worked fine.

Thanks for your advice,
Jack Morgan



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