Re: serial console

[Greg Thomas <ethant@pacificnet.net>]

On Fri, 1 Jun 2001, Michael McCaffrey wrote:

> i have a couple questions. if i can get one of them to work i'll be fine. 
> both would be great.
> 
> 1. i'd like to setup a serial console. i have "set tty com0" in my
> /etc/boot.config. it works while the system is booting and the messages 
> are printed via the serial console but as soon as the login prompt comes 
> up it switches back to the keyboard and video. i must be missing something 
> but can't figure out what it is.
>

Did you also modify /etc/ttys?  Take a look at the line for tty00 (or
console but I could never get mine to work right on console).
 
> 2. i have a bridge/firewall and it works great but i'd like to assign an 
> IP to the internal interface. do i use a real IP that's in my subnet and 
> just block it from the internet with the firewall or use a non-routable IP 
> such as 10.0.0.5?
> 

Are you bridging or routing?  I don't have any experience with bridging.

If routing you need to configure the kernel for routing, configure
ipf/ipnat (or whatever it's replacement will be), put a public ip on the
external interface, and a private (10.0.0.5) address on the internal
interface.

Greg