Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 20:39:29 +0000 From: Josh Paetzel <friar_josh@webwarrior.net> To: Alex Popa <razor@ldc.ro> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Two ethernet interfaces in the same subnet Message-ID: <20011219203929.D410@twincat.vladsempire.net> In-Reply-To: <20011220001032.A74557@ldc.ro>; from razor@ldc.ro on Thu, Dec 20, 2001 at 12:10:32AM %2B0200 References: <20011220001032.A74557@ldc.ro>
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On Thu, Dec 20, 2001 at 12:10:32AM +0200, Alex Popa wrote: > Hello! I would like to have the following setup, in order to implement > load balancing: > > [ internal net ] --(100M)-- FreeBSD Box -+--(10M)---CM 1 - [ internet ] > `--(10M)---CM 2 - [ internet ] > > CM1 and CM2 are two cable modems, connected to the same cable modem > network. I would like to communicate to some host that is outside the > cable address space through both interfaces. > > Suppose my two addresses are 123.123.123.2 and 123.123.123.3, and the > gateway should be 123.123.123.1. I would get lots of "arp: > 123.123.123.1 is on ed0 but got reply from ed1" messages, and I think > there might be a conflict between the two interfaces, which would have > to be configured in the same /24 net (in this example, 123.123.123.0/24) > > Any ideas how to solve this? > > Thank you > Alex AFAIK it's not possible. You can link two dialup connections with ppp, but that requires support from the ISP as well as the OS/ppp software. To really use two connections like that you would need a real router that could run a real routing protocol. Josh To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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