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built a new Athlon XP system for home. This system has an
on board 10/100 10baseT Ethernet with RJ-45 connector. My
house is wired for 10base2 with RG-58 coaxial cable. I decided
to add a 2nd internal network to my Freesco Box so I could
use the on-board Ethernet adapter and not rewire the existing
network. I installed a generic ISA NE2000 combo Ethernet card
and configured it for the 10baseT connector. I set the hardware
address for 0x340 and the interrupt to IRQ 5.
Configure
Freesco for a 3rd Ethernet card
Please
note: This is an example of my setup. My hardware and IP settings
will most probably be different than yours.
eth1 was
assigned IP 192.168.0.254 and reserved the IP block 192.168.0.1
thru 192.168.0.6 for the DHCP server.
eth2 was
assigned IP 192.168.1.254 and reserved IP 192.168.0.1
For now,
the 2nd network, eth2, will have just one computer attached
with no switches or hubs.
You can
reconfigure Freesco by TELNET or directly with the keyboard.
I reconfigured my Freesco Box with PuTTY.
PuTTY
is a free Win32 Telnet client.
Windows
also has a Telnet client. Open up a DOS box
type 'telnet'
type 'open'
enter
the IP address of the Freesco network card your connected
to.
Once you have established the connection you should see a
screen similar to this:
Linux 2.0.38 (freesco.bird) (ttyp0)
freesco.bird.home.net login:
login
as root and enter your password
At the
[Linux] prompt enter 'setup' [Linux]
setup
You will
now be in the Freesco v0.2.7 Setup menu
press
ENTER
type 'a'
(advanced settings) Choice
[]? a
This will
take you to the advanced settings menu.
Configure
the 3rd Ethernet card
Advanced
settings (x - back to main menu) []? 83
831
I/O port address of 3rd ethernet card []? 0x340
832
IRQ line of 3rd ethernet card []? 5
Please
note that these examples are my settings and will probably
not work for you.
You should
find yourself back at the advanced settings menu.
Now configure
the 3rd network
Advanced
settings (x - back to main menu) []? 74
741
Interface name of 3rd network eth2/eth1:1/eth0:2 etc []?
eth2
742
IP address of 3rd network interface []? 192.168.1.254
743
Network mask []? 255.255.255.0
744
IP range []? 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.1
(I have only one computer on this network)
type x
to get back to main menu
type s to save current config and exit
finally
reboot Freesco.
To
connect my new computer to eth2 on the Freesco box, a crossover
cable is required. A plain length of RJ-45 will not work.
Two twisted pairs in the cable need to be swapped around.
You can
buy a crossover cable. I made my own by modifying a cable.
Here some useful sites to help you make your own.
www.wtvi.com/teks/exchange/crossovercable.html
www.littlewhitedog.com/reviews_other_00009.asp
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