Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 13:43:56 -0400 From: Dennis <dennis@etinc.com> To: Shawn Ramsey <shawn@cpl.net> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ET card problem? Message-ID: <199806291747.NAA24747@etinc.com> In-Reply-To: <19980625155607.03452@cpl.net>
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At 03:56 PM 6/25/98 -0700, you wrote: >We just setup a FreeBSD router(second one) today. It is working fine except >we'd like to fix something if possible... the "from" address of the machine >is the interface of the router card, as opposed to the NIC card. Is this by >design, or is there a way to change it? Here is what ifconfig -a looks like >: > >eth0: flags=51<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING> mtu 1500 > inet 209.150.92.198 --> 209.150.92.193 netmask 0xffffff00 >eth1: flags=10<POINTOPOINT> mtu 1500 >eth2: flags=10<POINTOPOINT> mtu 1500 >eth3: flags=10<POINTOPOINT> mtu 1500 >ed2: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > inet 209.150.92.72 netmask 0xffffffc0 broadcast 209.150.92.127 > inet 209.203.66.17 netmask 0xfffffff0 broadcast 209.203.66.31 > ether 00:80:ad:b6:56:36 >lp0: flags=8810<POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 >tun0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 >sl0: flags=c010<POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552 >ppp0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 >lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384 > inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 > >thanks.... the local address is what you give it when you run ifconfig. The "card" is just a piece of hardware. You can set the local address to anything you want. Whether it will work the way you expect is a FreeBSD issue and not a driver issue. dennis > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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