[K12OSN] Re: installing eth1 nic after installing k12
Jimmy Schwankl
schwankl at chatham.k12.nc.us
Fri Jul 9 11:52:07 UTC 2004
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?
<snip>
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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