[Rack] request for an rj45 connection to a NB LAN

[jim]

   james howard and mike higashi got things working 
for us wrt ip addresses, though we can't yet resolve 
domain names from 192.168.173.0 . 
   as to using the Dell switch, the outer-most port 
seems to have been managed for some non-172.30.0.0 
thing. we used a different port (17, i think) and hey, 
now we can get packets out (gotta figure out dns 
resolution, but that'll be next week). 

   the linksys is 172.30.0.34 <--------------------

   (sorry for unnecessary noise: i just found some 
ip address info, james is editing the wiki to note 
the linksys ip address.) 




On Fri, 2010-08-06 at 18:09 -0700, jim wrote:
> plugging a laptop into port 21 of the Dell 48 port 
> switch seems not to access a dhcp server. is it 
> possible that the dhcp server is working for wifi 
> only or for some subnet that's not available through 
> port 21 on the Dell switch? 
>    might be helpful to have the dhcp ip address range 
> specified on the wiki 
> https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Resources/Network 
> that way we could safely assign a static ip address 
> to the linksys. 
> 
>    we've tried assigning various ip addresses to the 
> linksys (hoping we don't create contention). 
>    we're now wondering if there's something in the 
> 172.30.0.0 side of things that's disallowing the 
> linksys to pass packets back and forth or if the 
> linksys router is somehow misconfigured or defective. 
> 
>    and hey! we just noticed it's 6 PM! time to go eat. 
> i'll disconnect the linksys trom the NB switch. 
>    (for the curious: our linksys is sitting on top 
> of our upper 1U box in susan the rack.) 
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2010-08-06 at 17:10 -0700, Jonathan Lassoff wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 5:01 PM, jim <jim at well.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >   in the "machine room"/storage closet, in susan
> > > the rack, i have two 1U machines and a linksys
> > > router. i'd like to connect the uplink port of
> > > the linksys router to some switch so's the two
> > > 1U boxes can see the NB LAN and through to the
> > > internet. the goal is to allow the two 1U boxes
> > > to download software from the internet.
> > >   suggestions?
> > 
> > Why are you using another unmanaged switch? I setup switch1, 2, and
> > 3.noise so that we'll have visibility as to what's connected where,
> > and to prevent any forwarding loops (they all run spanning tree).
> > 
> > There are plenty of free ports on switch1.noise (the 48-port Dell
> > switch towards the bottom of the rack).
> > 
> > Unless you really need to route to another subnet, I'd just hook up to
> > switch1.noise.
> > Let me know if I can help.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > jof
> > 
> 
> 
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