From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Nov 26 20:07:47 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id UAA23383 for isp-outgoing; Tue, 26 Nov 1996 20:07:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from bah2.themall.net (bah.themall.net [204.80.99.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA23378 for ; Tue, 26 Nov 1996 20:07:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from noc.themall.net (noc.themall.net [208.202.104.31]) by bah2.themall.net (8.8.2/8.8.2/IIAM 1.0 (DCH)) with SMTP id UAA10206 for ; Tue, 26 Nov 1996 20:04:43 -0800 (PST) Received: by noc.themall.net with Microsoft Mail id <01BBDBD5.80D54C80@noc.themall.net>; Tue, 26 Nov 1996 20:07:51 -0800 Message-ID: <01BBDBD5.80D54C80@noc.themall.net> From: Eric Sabban To: "'freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.org'" Subject: RE: ip addresses, tape backup Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 20:06:01 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-isp@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Well, no, it shouldn't work, as you won't get the broadcast packets and that kidna fun stuff. Eric ---------- From: Joe Greco[SMTP:jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 1996 6:41 PM To: Allen Hyer Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ip addresses, tape backup > I have a FreeBSD box running 2.1.5-RELEASE. I have two questions: > > 1. I have 2 tcp/ip networks on my physical lan. I would like the FreeBSD > box to be able to "see" both networks. I do NOT want it to route packets > between them, I just want it to have an ip address from both networks. Do > I have to put in two ethernet cards even tho the 2 networks are on the same > lan? No. ifconfig xx0 10.1.1.1 netmask 0xffffff00 ifconfig xx0 alias 192.1.1.1 netmask 0xffffff00 Note: because you are adding an alias on a different subnet, for which a route does not exist, use the network's netmask. Putting in two ethernet cards, I suspect, would end you up in endless pain. .. JG