From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 10 18:24:31 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org 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 6088A16A498 for ; Wed, 10 May 2006 18:24:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhorne@dfwlp.com) Received: from zeus.int.dfwlp.com (zeus.dfwlp.com [208.11.134.127]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2CCC43D7C for ; Wed, 10 May 2006 18:23:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhorne@dfwlp.com) Received: from mail.dfwlp.com (localhost.int.dfwlp.com [127.0.0.1]) by zeus.int.dfwlp.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k4AIN4YY014161; Wed, 10 May 2006 13:23:04 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from jhorne@dfwlp.com) Received: from 167.246.36.14 (SquirrelMail authenticated user jhorne) by mail.dfwlp.com with HTTP; Wed, 10 May 2006 13:23:04 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <36249.167.246.36.14.1147285384.squirrel@mail.dfwlp.com> In-Reply-To: <44622AF5.90700@gmail.com> References: <1902670.1147233030936.JavaMail.root@elwamui-karabash.atl.sa.earthlink.net> <44622AF5.90700@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 13:23:04 -0500 (CDT) From: "Jonathan Horne" To: john@cruzweb.net User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.1.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.1 (2006-03-10) on zeus.int.dfwlp.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Setting Default NIC X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 18:24:31 -0000 > I Just upgraded my freebsd machine to a new board, this one has an > onboard NIC where as the old one just had a PCI 10/100 nic. I put the > old NIC on the new board as well so I can have 2 running out of the > machine, but I don't know how to set it so that the onboard NIC (vr0) is > the default and the PIC nic (r10) is not, because when I unplug the PCI > one all net connectivity shuts down. Here's my ifconfig and my rc.conf > as always help is much appreciated. > > *********IFCONFIG > > rl0: flags=8843 mtu 1500 > options=8 > inet6 fe80::210:b5ff:fe5f:c324%rl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 > inet 192.168.42.10 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.42.255 > ether 00:10:b5:5f:c3:24 > media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX ) > status: active > vr0: flags=8843 mtu 1500 > inet6 fe80::250:70ff:fee8:7fe%vr0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 > inet 192.168.42.9 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.42.255 > ether 00:50:70:e8:07:fe > media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX ) > status: active > plip0: flags=108810 mtu 1500 > lo0: flags=8049 mtu 16384 > inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 > inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4 > inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 > > ***********RC.CONF > > # -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # Sun Jan 1 19:02:32 2006 > # Created: Sun Jan 1 19:02:32 2006 > # Enable network daemons for user convenience. > # Please make all changes to this file, not to /etc/defaults/rc.conf. > # This file now contains just the overrides from /etc/defaults/rc.conf. > hostname="taurus.cruz" > #ifconfig_rl0="DHCP" > inetd_enable="YES" > moused_enable="YES" > moused_flags="-3" > moused_port="/dev/psm0" > moused_type="auto" > nfs_server_enable="YES" > rpcbind_enable="YES" > saver="daemon" > sshd_enable="YES" > usbd_enable="YES" > apache2_enable="YES" > apache_enable="YES" > mysqld_enable="YES" > mysql_enable="YES" > mountd_flags = "-r" > > # -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # Sun Jan 15 11:40:28 2006 > # The Following specifies that the server is using a static IP address > ifconfig_rl0="inet 192.168.42.10 netmask 255.255.255.0" > ifconfig_vr0="inet 192.168.42.9 netmask 255.255.255.0" > > defaultrouter="192.168.42.1" > hostname="taurus.cruz" > # -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # Sun Apr 9 01:33:24 2006 > nfs_client_enable="YES" > # -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # Sun Apr 23 21:29:11 2006 > font8x8="swiss-8x8" > font8x14="NO" > font8x16="swiss-8x16" > are those 2 nics going to be bonded into 1 interface? haveing 2 nics, on the same network isnt really going to earn you anything unless they are bonded or loadbalanced, either thru network configuration or switching hardware. if youre not going to go thru one of those techniques, then i would remove one nics. unless, long shot (tm), as in this has no technical base, just a guess... have you tried reversing the order in which they appear in the rc.conf file? i dont know if that matters, or if it reads the order of their IRQs, but it might be worth a shot if you really want both of those nics. jonathanh