Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2007 22:01:50 +1000 From: Ivan Carey <ivan@careytech.com.au> To: Tom Judge <tom@tomjudge.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to correctly use 2 on board nics Message-ID: <466550AE.1010209@careytech.com.au> In-Reply-To: <46654401.4030302@tomjudge.com> References: <46654109.8070507@careytech.com.au> <46654401.4030302@tomjudge.com>
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Tom Judge wrote: > Ivan Carey wrote: >> Hello >> I have a server board with 2 onboard nic's >> I have set them up in rc.conf as follows >> >> defaultrouter="192.168.1.1" >> network_interfaces="em0 em1 lo0" >> ifconfig_em0="inet 192.168.1.3 netmask 255.255.255.0" >> ifconfig_em1="inet 192.168.1.4 netmask 255.255.255.0" >> >> The question, is this the correct configuration? >> >> If I have both nic's connected to the switch I can ping 192.168.1.1 >> and 192.168.1.3 and 192.168.1.4 >> >> If I have only em0 connected I can ping 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.3 >> >> If I have only em1 connected I can ping 192.168.1.3. >> >> What could the 2 onboard nic's be best used for. I was thinking that >> in the event on was to fail then the other would still be ok. >> >> Any ideas would help. >> Thanks, >> Ivan > > > You may want to take a look at if_lacc. > > Tom > > What is if_lacc ?
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