Re: [SLE] Two NICs (SOLVED)

On Wednesday 10 November 2004 12:55, Don Parris wrote:

On Wednesday 10 November 2004 12:14, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote:

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Quoting Stan Glasoe :

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On Wednesday 10 November 2004 9:34 am, Don Parris wrote:

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When I bring use rcnetwork restart, I get this error message: WARNING: Error inserting ipfwadm (/lib/modules/2.6.8-24.3-default/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipfwadm.ko ): Device or resource busy

Turn off the firewall while testing. This module pertains to the firewall and the only information file I can find on SUSE 9.1 is in German.

ipfwadm (IP FireWall ADMinistration) is/was the firewall module in 2.2 kernel or earlier. It is probably trying to grab the firewall hooks/resources after the newer firewall module is loaded. The progression is ipfwadm, ipchains, iptables. If you intended to ipfwadm, it is time to upgrade.

HTH, Jeffrey

Thanks. I really didn't intend anything. I thought it was part of the firewall. I turned on the firewall at install time, and get this error at boot or on restarts. I confess, I'm _not_ real knowledgeable about the firewall.

The firewall configuration was the problem. Turning off the firewall allowed me to ping the internal LAN. Turning it back on reproduced the problem. So I looked at the firewall config. The PCI NIC was not set as the internal interface, thus rendering it pretty useless. That tells me a great deal - namely that the firewall does work pretty well. Heck it won't even let me out of my own box! :) I've also learned a bit about troubleshooting. In the future, I'll start with turning off the firewall, then work my way back to the hardware. Anyway, good lessons here, and a working LAN connection. Thanks a lot Stan, Anders & Jeffrey. I appreciate your patience. Don -- DC Parris GNU Evangelist http://matheteuo.org/ http://chaddb.sourceforge.net/ "Free software is like God's love - you can share it with anyone anytime anywhere!"