Re: [foxboro] How to permanently change the subnet and default gateway for 2nd ethernet port on AW51( B and F styles)

These are the files (for B/C/D-style boxes, at least) that need to be
edited/created to effect the network communication on the second
Ethernet interface:

/etc/hostname.hme[12] or hostname.le[123]
/etc/defaultrouter              (new, need to create)
/etc/resolv.conf                (new, need to create)
/etc/nsswitch.conf              (edit to add 'dns' for hosts)
/etc/inet/hosts                 (edit to add 2nd port name and IP
address)
/etc/inet/netmasks              (edit to add subnet mask)

The format for those files that you need to create is left as an
exercize for you (one hint: Google).

If you follow the instructions given in this archived message:

http://www.freelists.org/archives/foxboro/01-2003/msg00092.html

which is essentially what I wrote earlier, there is no need to edit the
/etc/rc* files.

Duc


-----Original Message-----
From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Kashif Ijaz
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 2:48 AM
To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [foxboro] How to permanently change the subnet and default
gateway for 2nd ethernet port on AW51( B and F styles)

Yes it works but I had to put the route command in the /etc/rc2
initialisation script. One strange things happen. The 2nd Ethernet port
works fine for some time. Then the connection drops and I cannot ping =
=3D
remote
computer. When I see from "ifconfig -a"

The 2nd Ethernet port goes to POINT TO POINT instead of broadcast. Also
My
given netmask is not reflected in "ifconfig -a". Same is the case with
broadcast address. But still it communicates for a while.

Can you help on this.

Regards,

Kashif Ijaz

-----Original Message-----
From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On
Behalf Of Duc M Do
Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2007 7:51 AM
To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [foxboro] How to permanently change the subnet and default
gateway for 2nd ethernet port on AW51( B and F styles)

Edit /etc/netmasks and put your desired subnet mask there. For your
gateway use /etc/defaultrouter. You may have to create the file
defaultrouter if it's not already present.

I don't have an F box so you shouldn't trust me, but I believe the
procedure is the same.

Duc


On Mon, December 24, 2007 10:25 pm, Kashif Ijaz wrote:
>
>
> I have changed the subnet mask and default gateway on my 2nd Ethernet
port
> on AW51B style machine with I/A version 4.3. I used the /etc/route=20
command
> to change the default gateway.
>
> My intended subnet mask is 255.255.255.224
>
> But when the machine reboots it loses both it's setting.
>
> How to make these changes permanent.
>
> Also is the procedure same for the AW51F running I/A version 7.1.1
>
> Regards,
>
> Kashif Ijaz
> Senior Design & Application Engineer
> INTECH Process Automation.



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