[K12OSN] Blocked net access

[Les Mikesell]

Petre Scheie wrote:
>
> I've noticed that NAT gets itself turned off if eth0 isn't connected 
> to a switch at boot time, or if I unplug eth0 for an extended amount 
> of time.  Usually, 'ifdown eth0; ifup eth0; service NAT restart' fixes 
> it.  And yes, the K12LTSP server is setup to automatically act as a 
> router, and handle all the networking correctly automatically.  I just 
> have a tendency to unplug things and mess things up temporarily.

I think the script and setup tries to automatically determine that you 
have a 2-NIC
configuration and only activates NAT for that case.  Having eth0 down 
must make
it look like a single NIC setup.

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  Les Mikesell
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