From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 2 09:20:06 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE4CE37B404 for ; Wed, 2 Apr 2003 09:20:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F394043FA3 for ; Wed, 2 Apr 2003 09:20:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) id h32HK5ml058152; Wed, 2 Apr 2003 11:20:05 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dan) Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 11:20:05 -0600 From: Dan Nelson To: "W. J. Williams" Message-ID: <20030402172005.GI1912@dan.emsphone.com> References: <20030402164917.GG1912@dan.emsphone.com> <20030402165503.54933.qmail@web13504.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030402165503.54933.qmail@web13504.mail.yahoo.com> X-OS: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT X-message-flag: Outlook Error User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stop this from clogging DMESG X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 17:20:07 -0000 In the last episode (Apr 02), W. J. Williams said: > --- Dan Nelson wrote: > > In the last episode (Apr 02), W. J. Williams said: > > > this box is in a lab-learning environment...how do I stop and > > > keep both cards...should I make range for fxp1 192.168.8.x? > > > > That's probably a good idea. Also make sure the NICs are not > > plugged into the same ethernet segment, since if they are they will > > see the same broadcast packets and start complaining about other > > things. Use IP aliases on a single card if you only have one > > ethernet segment available. > > Dan, thx...yes, I only have one ethernet switch, but i believe it is > capable of handling virtual LANs...should I build VLANS on the switch > to separate the ethernet segments? I am running 8 pcs and simulating > various things (VPNS, firewalls, etc) .It is a 24-port 3com 3300 > switch. I just got my gig-e nic running now as well, so will > experiment with routing traffic through it. thoughts? Definitely set up VLANs if you're working with VPNs and firewalls. Otherwise you will never know whether a successful page load went through a VPN or just ignored it and talked directly to the destination server. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com