Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 14:16:33 -0800 From: "vizion communication" <vizion@ixpres.com> To: "Lanny Baron" <lnb@freebsdsystems.com>, <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Configuring multi-port ethernet cards. Message-ID: <035401c2d79b$65452c10$15b55042@vizion2000.net> References: <034001c2d794$aeb7d4d0$15b55042@vizion2000.net> <00de01c2d79b$bf603050$0200a8c0@noemie>
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AHAHAHA ---but my brain doesnt get it!! I understand what you are saying and am really appreciative I do not understand why two NICs on the same card have the real netmask an the others works with 4x255!!!!! David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lanny Baron" <lnb@freebsdsystems.com> To: "vizion communication" <vizion@ixpres.com>; <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 2:19 PM Subject: Re: Configuring multi-port ethernet cards. > Hi, > What you might want to do after you have successfully installed FreeBSD is, > ifconfig de1 inet x.x.x.x netmask x.x.x.x > that will put the primary IP/mask on de1. Then, when you want to add more IP > addresses to that (or any other NIC on your box) do: > > ifconfig deX alias x.x.x.x. netmask 255.255.255.255 > > don't forget the keyword 'alias' above, when adding IP addresses to any > NIC -after- you have already put on the primary address. The netmask of > 255.255.255.255 must also be used for addtional IPs on any NIC. > > Hope that helps. > > Lanny Baron > http://www.FreeBSDsystems.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "vizion communication" <vizion@ixpres.com> > To: <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> > Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 4:28 PM > Subject: Configuring multi-port ethernet cards. > > > > OK I have not used multi-port ethernet cards before - it > > should be simple enough but for some reason I am hitting > > problems. (The FreeBSD installation tool for 4.7 does not > > help with configuring multiple NICS - it creates a new hosts > > file each time!!) > > > > de0, de1, de2, de3 and le0 are my devices. > > > > Ip allocation xxx.xxx.xxx.2 > > xxx.xxx.xxx.3 > > xxx.xxx.xxx.4 > > xxx.xxx.yyy.aaa > > ccc.ddd.eee.fff > > as IP Addresses for the devices. > > > > 3 NICS are on one sub net and two NIC's on others. > > > > If I need to allocate individual hostnames for each IP > > address how do configure them. Do I do that in /etc/hosts? > > Does FreeBSD only recognize a single hostname for a kernel? > > > > What do I do about loopback? > > > > The hostnames are not within the same domain even when there > > are on the same subnet. > > > > Some guidance appreciated. > > > > David > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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