CentOS - Jan 2006 - Two ethernet adapters and more

I am running Asterisk at home on one of my systems here.  It uses Centos 
4.2.  It does NOT have a GUI interface.  Command line only at console 
or via SSH (yeah, I know that I was working on another server to get 
GUI tools working through SSH, but I am NOT going to muck with AAH build).

yum update is potentially dangerous, when it replaces the 
kernel.  You can loose all of your Zaptel driver setups and have to 
rebuild them.  This is a given, the first time you install AAH and 
run yum update....

Now at 
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk%40Home+Handbook+Wiki+Chapter+3

I was instructed to use NETCONFIG to setup up my network 
information.  Well it did for eth0, but not for eth1.

So question #1 is how to use netconfig to setup eth1 without messing with eth0.

#2)     NETCONFIG did not setup my hostname and domain.  I had to go 
in with VI to resolv.conf and sysconfig/network.  Is there a tool for this?

#3)     How do I figure out which board is which.  Other than looking 
at the MAC address and using PCISNIFFER to then relate that to one of 
the boards (well, one 'builtin').  Also how do I determine which 
board is using which IRQ.

#4)     Finally how can I change which IRQ a board is using.  As one 
of the boards is using the same IRQ as one of my Zaptel clone cards 
(Tigerjet chips according to PCISNIFFER).

#4 leads into the 'more'.

This system has TWO FXO clone cards.  One is working in AAH, the 
other AMP does not see.  Asterisk CLI flags one as "alarm"  RED.  and 
does not report the IRQ of either board.

#5)     How do I figure Centos has configured these two cards, and 
what IRQs are used and maybe how to change the IRQs.

#6)     Then how to get genzaptelconf to properly configure this card.


Barrs Law of Recursive futility
         If you're smart enough to use one of these....
                 .....you can probably manage without one!

On Mon, 2006-01-23 at 16:57 -0500, Robert Moskowitz
wrote:
> I am running Asterisk at home on one of my systems here.  It uses Centos 
> 4.2.  It does NOT have a GUI interface.  Command line only at console 
> or via SSH (yeah, I know that I was working on another server to get 
> GUI tools working through SSH, but I am NOT going to muck with AAH build).
> 
> yum update is potentially dangerous, when it replaces the 
> kernel.  You can loose all of your Zaptel driver setups and have to 
> rebuild them.  This is a given, the first time you install AAH and 
> run yum update....
> 
> Now at 
> http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk%40Home+Handbook+Wiki+Chapter+3
> 
> I was instructed to use NETCONFIG to setup up my network 
> information.  Well it did for eth0, but not for eth1.
> 
> So question #1 is how to use netconfig to setup eth1 without messing with
eth0.
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don't know - never used it.

try...

cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
cp ifcfg-eth0 ifcfg-eth1

and then edit ifcfg-eth1 to your liking
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> 
> #2)     NETCONFIG did not setup my hostname and domain.  I had to go 
> in with VI to resolv.conf and sysconfig/network.  Is there a tool for this?
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simply edit /etc/sysconfig/network

change the hostname to anything you want it to be - suggest that you
make sure this entry also exists in /etc/hosts

Also when using 2 eth devices per above, set the gateway address here...

GATEWAYDEV=eth0 # fix for your situation
GATEWAY=ip_addr_of_gateway
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> 
> #3)     How do I figure out which board is which.  Other than looking 
> at the MAC address and using PCISNIFFER to then relate that to one of 
> the boards (well, one 'builtin').  Also how do I determine which 
> board is using which IRQ.
----
dmesg|less

or

lspci -vv
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> 
> #4)     Finally how can I change which IRQ a board is using.  As one 
> of the boards is using the same IRQ as one of my Zaptel clone cards 
> (Tigerjet chips according to PCISNIFFER).
> 
> #4 leads into the 'more'.
> 
> This system has TWO FXO clone cards.  One is working in AAH, the 
> other AMP does not see.  Asterisk CLI flags one as "alarm"  RED. 
and
> does not report the IRQ of either board.
> 
> #5)     How do I figure Centos has configured these two cards, and 
> what IRQs are used and maybe how to change the IRQs.
> 
> #6)     Then how to get genzaptelconf to properly configure this card.
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can't help with the last 4 - perhaps the asterisk lists might be of more
help

Craig