[linux-help] Re: Can't set up network

[Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > > It sounds like your Linux box has two addresses... the one from RR
> > > (24.x.x.x) and a private one on eth1 (192.x.x.x).  The reason the other
> > > boxes cannot ping the 192.x.x.x address is b/c they're on the wrong
> > > "street"... or, in real-world terms, they're on a different physical
> > > network.
> 
> The two networks can't co-exist. You must separate them by getting the modem
> off of the hub. Then you have two separate networks. Your local network
> around the hub and the internet via the gateway machine.

Actually... they *can* coexist over the same physical network... it's just
that the "normal" and suggested way is to separate them as you describe. 
Separating them provides for better security, as well as makes things easier
to set up =)


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