Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2001 16:55:48 -0800 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net> To: "Mark B. Withers" <mwithers@one.net> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Routing problem 2 ISA NICs on one machine Message-ID: <20010203165548.L91447@rfx-216-196-73-168.users.reflex> In-Reply-To: <20010203092939.B17267@arrakis.desert-power.org>; from mwithers@one.net on Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 09:28:53AM -0500 References: <20010203092939.B17267@arrakis.desert-power.org>
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On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 09:28:53AM -0500, Mark B. Withers wrote: > Hey folks! > > I was wondering if anybody has had any experience with the routing of > 2 ISA nics on one FreeBSD machine? > > One of my working collegues said that I should have a separate > loopbacl address for each NIC interface as I've tested it before with > ping (each nick plugged to a different port of a hub) and when I ping > the second nic's ip address, the first nic responds! :| > > My co-worker recommended something like this: > > loopback for ep0: 127.0.0.1 > loopback for ep1: 127.1.0.1 > .... > loopback for ep2: 127.2.0.1 > > ... > > and so forth. > > Is this correct? If so how do I make it so? By editing /etc/rc.conf ? No. The loopback interface is an independent interface and has nothing to do with any Ethernet devices. Adding another loopback, say lo1, has nothing to do with any ep(4) devices. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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