simple ping; pinging 101

[Kevin J. Cummings]

THUFIR HAWAT wrote:
> I would like to test both arrakis eth1 and arrakis eth0
> simultaneously.  

Bad idea.  Limit yourself to arrakis eth1 and caladan eth0 first.

 > hence the attempt to ping caladan from both arrakis
> eth0 and arrakis eth1 sequentially.
> 
> absolutely, networking is an unknown for me.  I'm not trying to setup
> masquerading at this point.  I'm trying to ping caladan from arrakis
> eth1 and arrakis eth0.
> 
> no, I do not expect an auto-mount.  between pinging from arrakis eth0
> and arrakis eth1 attempts I run "./network restart".  does the routing
> need to be changed at that time as well?

If you've configured the subnets right, "service network restart" should 
set up the proper routing for you.  Its a "feature" of the 
configuration.  Are you using system-config-network to set up the networks?

> 
> thanks,
> 
> Thufir
> 


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