[K12OSN] Re: installing eth1 nic after installing k12

[Jimmy Schwankl]

Roger wrote:

>>> Greetings all,
>>>
>>> 	I've got a K12 server where the software was originally installed 
>>> with
>>> only eth0 (only one nic present).  After the fact, we added a second
>>> nic, but the K12 clients can't access the internet.  Are there some
>>> scripts that need to be run; or, should we just reinstall K12 (gasp).

Then Calvin wrote:

>> Reinstalling is _almost_ never the answer.
>>
>> Your eth1 needs an IP address which is valid for the network it's 
>> connected to, as well
>> as a valid gateway address (the IP address of a router which "knows" 
>> how to reach the
>> Internet). It also needs to be able to connect to a working DNS 
>> server.
>>
>> So ... does that NIC have a valid IP address?

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Then Roger replied:

> eth1 has a valid ip address.  The internet is reachable from the K12
> server, but not from any of the clients.  Unfortunately, the server is 
> a
> 30 drive away and I won't be in front of it until three hours from now.
>
> Roger

Roger,

It sounds like you may want to check your firewall settings.  I've been 
bitten by that one before when I had similar problems.

Peace,
Jimmy Schwankl

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