Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 14:48:55 -0500 From: "Network Admin [JPeterson]" <jay@qtm.net> To: <cjclark@home.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Multiple IPs Message-ID: <PCEIIOODPEIJJFAGCCEFKEOKCCAA.jay@qtm.net> In-Reply-To: <199912140438.XAA75917@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
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Alright, thank you - for some reason I did not think it worked the last time I tried to alias0 something off another class C but it worked this time =) > -----Original Message----- > From: Crist J. Clark [mailto:cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com] > Sent: Monday, December 13, 1999 11:39 PM > To: Network Admin [JPeterson] > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Multiple IPs > > > Network Admin [JPeterson] wrote, > > I know how to assign alias0 and such to my NIC. However, I have > only done > > this with IPs on the same class C.. > > We have a server: > > 216.163.32.4 on a 255.255.255.0 network with a gateway of 216.163.32.1 > > and we need to also have this box answer to: > > 206.53.233.50 MASK 255.255.255.0 GATEWAY 206.53.233.1 > > These two are on the same leg of our ethernet, just the wrong > class Cs .. is > > this possible to do with only one NIC? our next-best solution > is going to be > > a second NIC but I would rather not =) > > Good. Putting two (or more) NICs from one host on one segment is > wrong, wrong! WRONG! > > *whew* > > Sorry about that. Glad you asked before you sent the classic post > wondering why one NIC complains when it hears ARPs that the other NIC > is supposed to be receiving. > > ifconfig(8) cares not if the addresses are on the same class C. In > fact, to me, it is stranger that it works fine with multiple aliases > where some aliases lie within the LAN of another. > -- > Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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