From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Feb 18 14:38:20 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A79A37B405 for ; Tue, 18 Feb 2003 14:38:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from mx1.freebsdsystems.com (gw.tor.freebsdsystems.com [216.138.230.94]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 306AE43F3F for ; Tue, 18 Feb 2003 14:38:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lnb@freebsdsystems.com) Received: (qmail 63638 invoked by uid 89); 18 Feb 2003 22:38:14 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO noemie) (192.168.0.2) by mx1.freebsdsystems.com with SMTP; 18 Feb 2003 22:38:14 -0000 Message-ID: <00ff01c2d79e$953f8d90$0200a8c0@noemie> From: "Lanny Baron" To: "vizion communication" , References: <034001c2d794$aeb7d4d0$15b55042@vizion2000.net> <00de01c2d79b$bf603050$0200a8c0@noemie> <035401c2d79b$65452c10$15b55042@vizion2000.net> Subject: Re: Configuring multi-port ethernet cards. Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 17:39:22 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I do not know why anything but the primary IP on a NIC has to have 255.255.255.255. But, I can tell you that it does work. On an ISP I manage with tons of sites, it works like a charm. Then again, why break that which is not borked? Lanny ----- Original Message ----- From: "vizion communication" To: "Lanny Baron" ; Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 5:16 PM Subject: Re: Configuring multi-port ethernet cards. > AHAHAHA ---but my brain doesnt get it!! > > I understand what you are saying and am really appreciative > I do not understand why two NICs on the same card have the > real netmask an the others works with 4x255!!!!! > > > David > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lanny Baron" > To: "vizion communication" ; > > Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 2:19 PM > Subject: Re: Configuring multi-port ethernet cards. > > > > Hi, > > What you might want to do after you have successfully > installed FreeBSD is, > > ifconfig de1 inet x.x.x.x netmask x.x.x.x > > that will put the primary IP/mask on de1. Then, when you > want to add more IP > > addresses to that (or any other NIC on your box) do: > > > > ifconfig deX alias x.x.x.x. netmask 255.255.255.255 > > > > don't forget the keyword 'alias' above, when adding IP > addresses to any > > NIC -after- you have already put on the primary address. > The netmask of > > 255.255.255.255 must also be used for addtional IPs on any > NIC. > > > > Hope that helps. > > > > Lanny Baron > > http://www.FreeBSDsystems.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "vizion communication" > > To: > > Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 4:28 PM > > Subject: Configuring multi-port ethernet cards. > > > > > > > OK I have not used multi-port ethernet cards before - it > > > should be simple enough but for some reason I am hitting > > > problems. (The FreeBSD installation tool for 4.7 does > not > > > help with configuring multiple NICS - it creates a new > hosts > > > file each time!!) > > > > > > de0, de1, de2, de3 and le0 are my devices. > > > > > > Ip allocation xxx.xxx.xxx.2 > > > xxx.xxx.xxx.3 > > > xxx.xxx.xxx.4 > > > xxx.xxx.yyy.aaa > > > ccc.ddd.eee.fff > > > as IP Addresses for the devices. > > > > > > 3 NICS are on one sub net and two NIC's on others. > > > > > > If I need to allocate individual hostnames for each IP > > > address how do configure them. Do I do that in > /etc/hosts? > > > Does FreeBSD only recognize a single hostname for a > kernel? > > > > > > What do I do about loopback? > > > > > > The hostnames are not within the same domain even when > there > > > are on the same subnet. > > > > > > Some guidance appreciated. > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the > message > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the > message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message