Changes between Version 7 and Version 8 of expansion/gw16160

Timestamp:

08/12/2025 11:37:51 PM (3 days ago)

Author:

Ryan Erbstoesser

Comment:

add note about usb0

expansion/gw16160

@@ -152 +152 @@
 
 Example:
- * GW8201 where eth0 is your LAN connection, eth1 is the PCI GbE, eth2 would be the Mosaic-X5 RNDIS interface you can put eth0 and eth2 in a bridge
-  - with the following /etc/network/interface:
+ * GW8201 where eth0 is your LAN connection, eth1 is the PCI GbE, eth2 (or usb0) would be the Mosaic-X5 RNDIS interface you can put eth0 and eth2 (or usb0) in a bridge
+  - With the following /etc/network/interface (recommended):
 {{{#!bash
 allow-hotplug eth0
 auto br0
 iface br0 inet dhcp
-    bridge_ports eth0 eth2
+    bridge_ports eth0 eth2 #eth2 could be defined as usb0
     bridge_stp off
     bridge_fd 0
     bridge_maxwait 0
 }}}
-  - manually:
+  - Manually (not recommended):
 {{{#!bash
 brctl addbr br0
 brctl addif br0 eth0
-brctl addif br0 eth1
+brctl addif br0 eth2 #eth2 could be defined as usb0
 udhcpc br0
 }}}
 
-After bringing up the bridge and the bridge getting a network address give your host computer an IP on the 192.168.3/24 network and you can open a URL to 192.168.3.1 to access the web admin.
-
-
+After bringing up the bridge and the bridge getting a network address give your host computer a static IP on the 192.168.3/24 network and you can open a URL to 192.168.3.1 to access the web admin.
+
+Use the ifconfig command to be sure usb0 or eth2 is listed and bring the interface up with the command:
+{{{
+ ifconfig usb0 up
+}}}
 
 === USB Mass Storage interface