From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 12 13:11:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA29977 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 12 Oct 1998 13:11:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from techpower.net (techpower.net [205.133.231.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA29970 for ; Mon, 12 Oct 1998 13:11:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hometeam@techpower.net) Received: from localhost (hometeam@localhost) by techpower.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id QAA00375; Mon, 12 Oct 1998 16:18:02 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from hometeam@techpower.net) Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 16:18:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Jt To: "Russell D. Murphy" cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2 ethernet cards In-Reply-To: <199810121843.OAA09142@neale.econ.vt.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG bridge or subnet . hometeam@techpower.net --We cannot all be masters, nor all masters Cannot be truly follow'd-- -----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE----- Version: 2.6.2 owEBqwBU/4kAlQMFADRCxNWhsddKSTR+6QEBelED/jzeC3btZfqSdIfrNoCgwUJJ iNQ33UQoMyJ2ygkfl72xP5J79yml/F4P73GnNaDVbaMOmOG2NNAi5ElE73wRh54U 17kH+n5XnYeqekV8T2TG2Q6ex3UotXPyZ1vvrCrSxapOz6a4hh0GQeA55rcwLy2W ROHwxfvaVsrX5iVOkRoerBFiC21lc3NhZ2UudHh0AAAAAA== =jCvF -----END PGP MESSAGE----- On Mon, 12 Oct 1998, Russell D. Murphy wrote: > > I have an extra ethernet card I would like to place in my office > machine and use to (sometimes) connect my laptop: > > laptop desktop > ------ ------- > e-net card ---> e-net card 2 > e-net card 1 ---> office net/world > > 1. Is this feasible? > > 2. My laptop and desktop machines have IP addresses. Do I need a new > (legitimate) one for the second card, or can I use one of the > "private" addresses since no one should need to address card2 from > anywhere outside of my office? > > 3. How do I tell card2 to send what it gets out on card1? > > 4. How do I tell card1 to accept stuff addressed to the laptop and > forward it along to card2? > > 5. Are there any handy scripts for switching between configurations > of laptops? > > I've been working through the O'Reilly TCP/IP Network Administration > book, but I'm not sure what to do. Suggestions or pointers to other > references would be gratefully accepted. > > Thanks- > > Russ Murphy > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message