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Date:      Tue, 9 Nov 2004 23:21:22 +0000
From:      Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        Sean Peisert <speisert@yahoo.com>
Subject:   Re: Two NICs with one IP address each on the same subnet
Message-ID:  <200411092321.23004.josh@tcbug.org>
In-Reply-To: <20041110025713.19468.qmail@web90102.mail.scd.yahoo.com>
References:  <20041110025713.19468.qmail@web90102.mail.scd.yahoo.com>

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On Wednesday 10 November 2004 02:57, Sean Peisert wrote:
> I have a FreeBSD 5.x box with two NICs that I'd like
> to set up on the same subnet.  The purpose is to run
> separate services on each NIC.  I have the box set up
> with my rc.conf containing the following lines:
>
> defaultrouter="..."
> hostname="..."
> ifconfig_xl0="inet ...  netmask 255.255.255.224"
> ifconfig_sk0="inet ...  netmask 255.255.255.224 mtu
> 9000"
>
> The router and IP addresses are all on the same
> subnet, as I previously mentioned.  Unfortunately, the
> first IP address seems not to work (I can ssh to the
> second, but not the first).  Is there something
> special I need to do to the routing to get this to
> work?  Anything to the kernel?
>
> Thanks,
> Sean

Can you imagine the routing loop? ;)


-- 
Thanks,

Josh Paetzel



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