[debian-lan-devel] testing wheezy CD

[Andreas B. Mundt]

Hi Andreas,

On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 02:03:31PM +0100, Andreas Schockenhoff wrote:

> Am 26.03.2013 11:05, schrieb Andreas B. Mundt:
> >The router solution is also a possible way. But I have not seen the
> >documentation for this. I prefer my  simpler DHCP solution.
> >That's perfectly fine.  If you choose an identical IP address for
> >gateway and mainserver, debian-lan will configure two interfaces, one
> >for the internal network, one for the external one (connection via
> >DHCP). Cf. class/SERVER_A.var:
> >
> >    ## Variables that define the network.  If you choose the same IP
> >    ## address for mainserver ($MAINSERVER_IPADDR) and gateway ($GATEWAY),
> >    ## the mainserver is configured as gateway to the external network.
> >    ## You'll need two network cards in that case.
> >    MAINSERVER_IPADDR="10.0.0.10"
> >    GATEWAY="10.0.0.1"
> >    BROADCAST="10.0.255.255"
> >    NAMESERVER_IPADDR=""  # leave empty to use mainserver's IP address
> >
> >This happens in scripts/SERVER_A/10-misc:
> >      if [ "$MAINSERVER_IPADDR" != "$GATEWAY" ] ; then ...
> >
> >However, the CD image is prepared with the defaults as shown above,
> >only one interface.  I could prepare an image with
> >MAINSERVER_IPADDR==GATEWAY (just modify MAINSERVER_IPADDR in
> >class/SERVER_A.var and rebuild the CD image)....
> I will try to modify the CD.
>
> May be that should be the default start config on the CD. :-)
> It is compatible to the most Networks and a private Network with our
> own DHCP
> server makes it easy to start in virtual and real networks.
> And the CD I think is mostly for beginners.
>
> The only risk is to start the dhcp server in the wrong network. May
> be that can be tested in the future.

I prepared a CD image for a mainserver acting as gateway, IP addr
10.0.0.1, it's already available online:

	  <URL:http://das-netzwerkteam.de/~andi.mundt/debian-lan_wheezy_2NICs_20130326_amd64.iso>

Best regards,

     Andi