[debian-lan-devel] Debian Local Area Network' (Debian-LAN)

[Andreas B. Mundt]

Hi,

On Sun, Apr 08, 2012 at 11:13:40AM +0200, Giorgio Pioda wrote:
>
> Debian LAN is indeed interesting, simpler approach tha Edu. But I see some
> blocking missing features.
>
> 1) Subnet switch to an arbitrary 10.x.x.x/24 or even better 10.x.x.x/23 and
> also 192.169.x.x networks
>

It shouldn't be a problem to grep/sed through the config space and
modify that.  Providing an 'automatic' implementation (some variables
defining the network with automatic creation/modification of files) is
of course possible, but will add code and complexity.

> 2) The mainserver shouldn't act as gateway. Most plain, small organization networks
> have a dedicated gateway (which often is an ADSL router/gateway) and
> the server should live with this.

I run the system on exactly such a system, however there is a
M$-windows system attached to the same ADSL router/gateway I do not
want to interfere with.  The only modification of the published setup
I need is modifying the external interface in /etc/network/interfaces to
read:

# The external network interface
allow-hotplug eth0
auto eth0
#iface eth0 inet dhcp
   iface eth0 inet static
   address 192.168.123.12      <-- available address in the 'router network'
   netmask 255.255.255.0
   broadcast 192.168.123.255
   gateway 192.168.123.254     <-- ADSL router IP


> Givent that you'll provide such a fix, I'll probably do a test.
>

Providing a setup without the mainerver acting as gateway ( issue 2) )
is planed for Setup_B.

Best regards,

     Andi


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