I could use a little bit of walkthrough assistance to setup networking properly using 2.11.0.
My box has three NICs. One connected to the LAN for accessibility and internet access configured with static IP. No problem with this one.
I am having a bit of a problem with the other two. These are the ones for actual monitoring and are connected to a passive tap, so should be enabled on startup, but have no IP address or DNS assigned.
Thnks
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It sounds like you have the static IP interface figured out.
To configure a interface in the "up" state (enabled) but without an associated IP address:
- Make sure you are using the 'network' service and not 'NetworkManager'
- Create a configuration file for each interface you want to enable, and set the BOOTPROTO to "none".
For example, if you want to configure "eth1" to be enabled, but not have a associated IP address:
chkconfig network on
chkconfig NetworkManager off
service NetworkManger stop
After doing the above, when you run "ifconfig", it should show "eth1" in a up state, but without an IP address.
If you reboot the system, it should remain configured this way (assuming you have a hard disk installation or persistence layer active).
If you use the NST WUI or NST scripts to configure and/or start various services, they should take care of bringing up the stealth interfaces as necessary.
Hope that helps,
Paul
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I could use a little bit of walkthrough assistance to setup networking properly using 2.11.0.
My box has three NICs. One connected to the LAN for accessibility and internet access configured with static IP. No problem with this one.
I am having a bit of a problem with the other two. These are the ones for actual monitoring and are connected to a passive tap, so should be enabled on startup, but have no IP address or DNS assigned.
Thnks
It sounds like you have the static IP interface figured out.
To configure a interface in the "up" state (enabled) but without an associated IP address:
- Make sure you are using the 'network' service and not 'NetworkManager'
- Create a configuration file for each interface you want to enable, and set the BOOTPROTO to "none".
For example, if you want to configure "eth1" to be enabled, but not have a associated IP address:
chkconfig network on
chkconfig NetworkManager off
service NetworkManger stop
cat >| /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 <<EOF
DEVICE=eth1
BOOTPROTO=none
ONBOOT=yes
EOF
service network restart
After doing the above, when you run "ifconfig", it should show "eth1" in a up state, but without an IP address.
If you reboot the system, it should remain configured this way (assuming you have a hard disk installation or persistence layer active).
If you use the NST WUI or NST scripts to configure and/or start various services, they should take care of bringing up the stealth interfaces as necessary.
Hope that helps,
Paul
Thanks for the info Paul. Very helpful. It was the NetworkManager part that was problematic.