I think it better to use DHCP than the static settings unless your ISP
uses only the static which is unusual.

Here is a link to help you:

> https://help.ubuntu.com/7.04/server/C/

I attempting to turn an PIII box into a firewall/gateway using Ubuntu
7.04 server OS. Eth0 is DHCP and eth1 is static. Eth1 should be the up
link to my home network but the connection on my switch is dead, the
light stays off, unless I switch the port to normal, not up-link.

Uplink mode on a switch / hub is for switch to switch or hub to hub
connections. Your switch should be on normal.

You need to set the firewall rules to use nat and do forwarding from Eth1 to
Eth0, other internal network machines need to point to your Eth1 address as
gateway, and put in your Isp's dns servers in the network setup.

I have the firewall turned off until I get this set up.

Thanks for the info on the up-link port.

This is my interfaces file

# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
auto eth1
iface eth1 inet static
address 192.168.1.1
netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 192.168.1.255
network 192.168.1.0

I copied this from a howto does it look alright?

It's been a while since I manually configured a net card, It should have been
seen on bootup and ashed to be configured.

Are the 2 cards the same brand? I have had good luck with Dlink DFE 530 and
Linksys LN 100 (I think).

A suggestion, as root do lspci and see if there is a listing for both cards
in the list of devices printed out, if it rolls by too fast do lspci | more.