2 NIC and SMB problem?

[kmokrzycki]

I just installed second ethernet card to my Ubuntu linux. And on second interface (eth0) I am running dhcpd for wifi AP. On eth1 I am using my company LAN. Problem is when eth0 is active i can't see computer on my company lan via smb, only AP computer.

When eth0 is switched off everything is fine.
In smb.conf :
interfaces = 127.0.0.0/8 eth1 eth0


and ifconfig gives:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50A:4C:82:FB
inet addr:192.168.2.2 Bcast:194.223.199.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::250:daff:fe4c:82fb/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING ALLMULTI MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:4919 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3367 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:51 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1087097 (1.0 MiB) TX bytes:385966 (376.9 KiB)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0xe800

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:12:17:4D:E1:FB
inet addr:194.223.199.3 Bcast:194.223.199.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::212:17ff:fe4d:e1fb/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:29159 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:9779 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:19541
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:8211200 (7.8 MiB) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:9 Base address:0xd800


Strange is that Bcast address from eth0??
But i don know how to change it.

Thanks for help
krzysiek

[KenJackson]

You're right, the bcast address of eth0 is the same as eth1, which is wrong.

Look in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 for this line:
BROADCAST=194.223.199.255

Change it to:
BROADCAST=192.168.2.255

Then do something like this to get it to take effect:
# service network restart

[kmokrzycki]

Thanks.
That was exactly what I wanted to do but didn't know where. I'm running Ubuntu so it was a bit different but enough similar to what you wrote.

I had to edit:
/etc/network/interfaces
And restart was :
/etc/init.d/networking restart

And now everything is excellent.
THX

[kmokrzycki]

But now I am having different problem. Everything is finel for first cuple seconds.
After some period (1 min) a can't see any computer.

[kmokrzycki]

But now I am having different problem. Everything is finel for first cuple seconds.
After some period (1 min) a can't see any computer.


/etc/network/interfaces:

iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.2.2
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.2.0
broadcast 192.168.2.255
# dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if installed
dns-nameservers 194.223.199.220
dns-search cgi.co.uk
auto eth0

iface eth1 inet static
address 194.223.199.3
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 194.223.199.0
gateway 194.223.199.65
broadcast 194.223.199.255
dns-nameservers 194.223.199.220
auto eth1


==================================
ifconfig:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50A:4C:82:FB
inet addr:192.168.2.2 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::250:daff:fe4c:82fb/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING ALLMULTI MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:947 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:681 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:447445 (436.9 KiB) TX bytes:86077 (84.0 KiB)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0xe800

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:12:17:4D:E1:FB
inet addr:194.223.199.3 Bcast:194.223.199.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::212:17ff:fe4d:e1fb/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:22184 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:14647 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:29293
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:18426601 (17.5 MiB) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:9 Base address:0xd800

[KenJackson]

Is there anything interesting in /var/log/messages after you restart?

Does the command 'netstat -nr' show that you have a default route? I.e., something like this:
0.0.0.0 194.223.199.65 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth1

When you say you, "can't see any computer," what does that mean? You can't ping any computer? Locally or remote? Can you ping the gateway computer?

[kmokrzycki]

On my Company lan we have 3 workgroups. If eth0 is up i can see only 1 with 2 computers in it, after putting eth0 down the same workgroup has 28 computers and I can see 2 more work groups.

netstat -nr (for one eth)
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
194.223.199.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1
0.0.0.0 194.223.199.65 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth1

netstat -nr (for two eth)
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
192.168.2.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
194.223.199.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1
0.0.0.0 194.223.199.65 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth1

THX

[KenJackson]

That is most bizarre!

The only explanation I can think of, is there could be two different network segments with the same number, 192.168.2.0. There would also need to be a path through the 194.223.199.65 router to get to one of them. If that's the case, then when you bring up eth0, the routing entry that gets added misdirects traffic to the larger segment.

Do any of the 28 other computers have IP addresses in the range 192.168.2.0 - 254? You can find the IP with 'ping computername'.

If that is the case, it would be best for you and the other two computers to change your network number. You might want to do that anyway, if you can.

[gtmtnbiker98]

I don't think that the 192.168.2.0/24 is an issue, have your tried disabling IPv6 support?