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Date:      Thu, 18 May 2000 19:30:33 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Omachonu Ogali <oogali@intranova.net>
To:        Travis Leuthauser <travis@winconx.com>
Cc:        David Miller <dmiller@search.sparks.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Multiple NIC's
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10005181929410.381-100000@hydrant.intranova.net>
In-Reply-To: <006701bfc118$34b1b2e0$20503cd0@travis>

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The first NIC should have the netmask of 255.255.255.128 and the second
NIC should be 255.255.255.255, sounds logical as you don't want your
machine generating two packets for every broadcast request...

On Thu, 18 May 2000, Travis Leuthauser wrote:

> I am in the process of building a high volume news server.  One NIC will be
> used for our incoming news feed, one for our users to read from, and
> ultimately I will add a third which will be used to feed other news servers.
> 
> Travis
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Miller" <dmiller@search.sparks.net>
> To: "Travis Leuthauser" <travis@winconx.com>
> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 2:58 PM
> Subject: Re: Multiple NIC's
> 
> 
> > On Thu, 18 May 2000, Travis Leuthauser wrote:
> >
> > > I am running 3.1 Stable.  I am trying to add a 2nd NIC in my news
> server.  I
> > > have a 3com (xl0) currently in it with the following configuration:
> > >
> > > xl0:
> > >     IP:    xxx.xxx.xxx.12 netmask 255.255.255.128
> > >     alias: xxx.xxx.xxx.14 netmask 255.255.255.255
> > > both IP's are in the same subnet.
> > >
> > > I want to add a second 3com NIC (xl1) with the .14 address, thus making
> my
> > > configuration:
> > >
> > > xl0    xxx.xxx.xxx.12 netmask 255.255.255.128
> > > xl1    xxx.xxx.xxx.14 netmask 255.255.255.128
> >
> > At the risk of sounding stupid, why do you want to network cards attached
> > to the same network?
> > >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > --- David
> >
> >
> >
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> 
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