Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 12:59:37 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: BWS - Offwhite <brennan@offwhite.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3 NICs in 1 server Message-ID: <20000830125936.U18862@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008301355470.44358-100000@home.offwhite.net>; from brennan@offwhite.net on Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 02:14:20PM -0500 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008301355470.44358-100000@home.offwhite.net>
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* BWS - Offwhite <brennan@offwhite.net> [000830 12:40] wrote:
> I need to get 3 NICs running at once and the networking logic escapes me.
>
> I basically need to link a database server directly to the web
> server. The database server it a dual PIII with a RAID drive and it will
> act as the all powerful database. It is running mysql.
Powerful.. mysql? :)
> In it (A Dell PowerEdge 2450) there is one onboard NIC and card which is a
> dual port NIC. So I have 3 NICs. They are running under the fxp device
> as fxp0, fxp1, fxp2. I can set up them up to work just fine and here is
> what I have set.
>
> fxp0 is 192.168.1.10
> fxp1 is 192.168.1.11
> fxp2 is 192.168.1.12
>
> I have the gateway all set and I can ping inside the private network. I
> also happen to have natd set up on the gateway to route public traffic to
> these addresses in case I want to download source or pull files from a
> remote server.
>
> Where I get confused is when I try to connect to another machine. I will
> have a perl DBI script talking to the datbase server and the client
> machine will have a very similar setup. It will have the same dual NIC
> card in it running on another set of addresses.
>
> fxp0 is 192.168.1.20
> fxp1 is 192.168.1.21
>
> So if there is a cross-over cable going from fxp0 to fxp0, logically .10
> to .20, will the mysql client be able to connect? I am not sure how I can
> can tell the DBI to use a specific interface or how to tell mysql to
> listen on multiple addresses. Before I determine that I need to know if
> this way of networking will work.
>
> Is anyone else currently linking a database server directly to a web
> server or other box? If so, could you give me some tips?
The easiest solution would be to put the direct database links on a
different subnet:
webserver database
outside 192.168.1.2 192.168.1.3 (netmask 255.255.255.0)
inside 192.168.2.2 192.168.2.3 (netmask 255.255.255.0)
Best of luck,
--
-Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org]
"I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."
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