Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 00:56:20 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Trevor B. Sullivan" <TSullivan@baxterwoodman.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Dual NICs in BSD Message-ID: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNGEKPEPAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <8568FFD8B2D518499160B43B382844C93BA8C3@bwmail.corp.baxwood.com>
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You can't. If the whole idea of this is failover in case a NIC fails, you setup a script that runs from cron and monitors the active NIC, if it goes down the script reassigns the IP to the other NIC. Ted > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Trevor B. > Sullivan > Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 5:09 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Dual NICs in BSD > > > Hi, I have a Compaq Proliant 3000 server with a fresh install of FreeBSD > 5.2.1 on it. It has an Intel Dual-port NIC (of which I'm using one > port), and a Netgear GA620 Gigabit fiber card. The copper port is > referred to as fxp0 and the fiber, ti0. I'm having a problem getting the > two network connections to work together with the same network address. > My private subnet is 10.100.100/24, though if I try to set two adapters > each with their own IP but on the same network, I get "File already > exists" or something to that effect. The default route to my m0n0wall > box is set through fxp0, and I can get ti0 to work if I set the network > addr to 255.255.255.255, but then if my copper interface goes down > (using "ifconfig fxp0 down" as test), the fiber interface will not then > connect. My basic question is...how do I get two independent cards to > have their own IP address on the same network address? Thanks in advance > for assistance. > > Trevor B. Sullivan > Information Technology > Baxter & Woodman, Inc. > Phone: (815) 459-1260 x1337 > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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