I am having a problem getting my external interface. I know you guys say the manual is great and all, but I find it rather vague. I guess the problem is, it tells you to configure it to how you want it. I don't know how I want it, I just want it to work!
I don't expect it to know what I want, but it would be nice if it did [:)] .
My question is, I created an external interface on eth1. It is for a cable modem. If I take the cable, and plug it into my laptop (like I have right now, it works fine. No router, no configuration. Just works. I take that same cable, plug it into eth1, turn on eth1 and it always says down as the status. It can't get an IP.
I have eth1 set up as a standard ethernet interface. I have IP address, subnet mask and default gateway all set to Assign by DHCP. The following are all off and MTU is 1500. Am I missing something?
Edit I just tried connecting it to the lan side of a router, and I had to set the default gateway for it to get an IP from the router. Why is that?
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