From owner-freebsd-current Mon Aug 24 15:25:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA16515 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 24 Aug 1998 15:25:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (ppp-db.dialup.hilink.com.au [203.2.144.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA16510 for ; Mon, 24 Aug 1998 15:25:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA00683; Mon, 24 Aug 1998 15:22:50 GMT (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199808241522.PAA00683@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: ghiugan@lucent.com cc: "freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: Multihomed hosts question In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 24 Aug 1998 14:25:03 -0400." <35E1AFFF.4950EC6A@lucent.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 15:22:49 +0000 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > It is possible to use more than one netdevice (i.e. network card) on > the *same* machine and to have same IP address for both of them ? (I > know it sounds stupid but I don't see any reason why not). > If the answer is 'YES' then how can you "enforce" the kernel to use a > specific netcard for when 'taking' to certain addresses (i.e. how can > you route some addresses via a specific netcard)? It is possible to have an arbitrary number of point-to-point interfaces and one broadcast interface share an address. You can't have more than one broadcast interface cover a specific mask. > P.S. : Under Linux this is possible - at least in respect with the tunnel device Who cares? -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message