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From: Freek on 30 Mar 2008 16:55
hsimon(a)optusnet.com.au wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have an old laptop with openSUSE 10.2 and want to use it as a
> firewall, since the laptop has only one Ethernet connection I used a
> USB to Ethernet adapter from D-Link which is supported.
>
> When I use the USB to Ethernet adapter by itself it works perfect, but
> when I configure both, the USB to Ethernet apapter will not get its IP-
> Address assigned.
>
> following are the messages I get in the boot.msg:
> eth0 device: Accton Technology Corporation EN-1216 Ethernet
> Adapter (rev 11)
> eth0 is controlled by ifplugd waiting
> eth1
> eth1 is controlled by ifplugd waiting
> eth0 device: Accton Technology Corporation EN-1216 Ethernet
> Adapter (rev 11)
> eth0 ifplugd is running
> eth0 cable is connected
> eth0 has lesser priority than 'eth1'
> eth0 IP address: 203.11.117.30/24 done
> eth1
> eth1 ifplugd is running
> eth1 cable is connected
> eth1 has lesser priority than 'eth0'
> eth1 dhcpcd is still waiting for data
>
> doneSetting up service
> network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .done
>
> It is the same if I assigned a fixed Ip-Address to it. Anyone has any
> experience with this and any ideas on getting it working. By the way
> it works perfect in Ubuntu.

Most likely you have to configure each interface to "Start at boot", Now it
is "If plugged in" in which case there is a priority attached to each
interface and only the one with the highest priority will become active.
Look at that parameter in /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-*

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Freek
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