Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 11:12:09 -0500 (CDT) From: Nick Rogness <nick@rogness.net> To: Sridhar M <sridharm@in.ceeyes.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help me regarding IP forwarding Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0108301107020.82513-100000@cody.jharris.com> In-Reply-To: <3B8E2130.F0EEC773@in.ceeyes.com>
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On Thu, 30 Aug 2001, Sridhar M wrote: > > hi > > while i am working on FreeBSD5.0, my system has configured with two > ethernet cards which was i need. and my system ethernet cards > configuration are > fxp0 : ip : 10.1.6.160/24 > fxp1 : ip : 10.1.6.161/24 These IP's are part of the same network 10.1.6.0/24....you can not split these 2 IP's across 2 different interfaces without bridging turned on. If you don't turn bridging on, which interface does BSD use to communicate to the 10.1.6.0/24 network? See the problem? This is a major no-no with routing. Nick Rogness <nick@rogness.net> - Keep on Routing in a Free World... "FreeBSD: The Power to Serve!" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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