Multiple Network Cards →
I use my linux box at home for lots of things, including streaming to my Google TV. I’m a pretty forgetful person, and I bounce back and forth from my desktop to my MacBook while writing code. Inevitably I will forget to push my most recent changes into my git sandbox. Since I need to be able to ssh into my desktop from the outside world to fix things like that, I have it set as my DMZ.
The unfortunate side effect of DMZ is that box will not be on my LAN, though still physically connected to the router. Thanks to JT, who in a gesture of pure awesomeness gave is extra NIC to me, I can run two ethernet interfaces off my box and get fast speeds to my LAN. I was previously using wifi which is great for all but large file transfers and streaming video.
I was unable to get both to successfully run together until I found this blog post via Google.
