Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 23:15:02 -0500 From: "Micheal Patterson" <micheal@tsgincorporated.com> To: <chris@voicesofopposition.org>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: rl2 not working on otherwise functioning network/gateway Message-ID: <0ce401c490a3$85aaaa80$0201a8c0@dredster> References: <52742.68.228.39.23.1094092953.squirrel@voicesofopposition.org>
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----- Original Message ----- From: <chris@voicesofopposition.org> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 9:42 PM Subject: rl2 not working on otherwise functioning network/gateway > Ok, if someone here can help me w/ this I will be really grateful. I > turned to this list after a post on a forum offering the expected > advice > didn't help solve my problem. Basically my computer acts as a gateway > for > my network, and it functions fine. I then decided to add another > network > adapter so that I could add my file server to the network. But after > making the necessary changes to my rc.conf, I found that the network > card > was "active", but had no IP address, and wasn't passing traffic. I'm > attaching my dmesg, and the output from ifconfig rl2. Here are a few > things I've tried to remedy the problem. > <snip> You can't have multiple nics on the same network segment unless the system is in bridge mode. If you're wanting to route through, I assume, rl0 to the net, and have rl1 internal to the other system(s), you'll either have to bridge rl1 / rl2 together (man bridge) or renumber your internal systems to something other than the same network that rl1 is on. -- Micheal Patterson TSG Network Administration 405-917-0600 Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.
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