[WBEL-users] Network Connectivity on WBEL 4

[Dan Herrstrom]

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> 1. Unless you have a plan and think you know where you are going with
> it, I would heavily recommend setting 2 different NIC's on the same
> subnet as you are doing.
That is the intention for them to be on the same subnet as I'm only
intending to run one nor am I using it as a router.


> 2. ifconfig    #will tell you which interfaces are active
eth0: inet addr: 172.16.1.2 Bcast: 172.16.1.255 Mask: 255.255.255.0
        UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU: 1500 Metric: 1

eth1: inet addr: 172.16.1.3 Bcast:172.16.1.255 Mask: 255.255.255.0
        UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU: 1500 Metric: 1

IP of Windows machine is 172.16.1.250 / Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

>    cat /etc/modprobe.conf #prints out modules linked to hardware
alias eth0 r8169 
alias eth1 natsemi 

r8169 is the correct module for the GA311 and likewise the natsemi
module for the FA311

>    cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 #prints conf of eth0
> 
>    link lights green on both hub and NIC should be sought out first.
   The lights are lit up appopriately for the speed of the link on
both hub and switch.