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Date:      Wed, 1 Dec 2004 11:52:42 +0000
From:      Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Cc:        munn <munn@umd.edu>
Subject:   Re: Multiple Network Cards
Message-ID:  <200412011152.42832.josh@tcbug.org>
In-Reply-To: <20041201115050.GB645@calvin.biaix.org>
References:  <41A7C9DE.1070302@umd.edu> <20041201115050.GB645@calvin.biaix.org>

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On Wednesday 01 December 2004 11:50, Joan Picanyol wrote:
> * munn <munn@umd.edu> [20041201 12:10]:
> > I want to add a second network card to a FreeBSD 4.10p4 box.  The
> > first card has an address 192.168.123.99 (xl0).  The second card
> > has the address 192.168.123.98 (fpx0).  When I reboot the machine
> > and do an ifconfig -a, I see fpx0 with the address 
> > 192.168.123.98 but xl0 now has  options=1(RXCSUM) where the ip
> > address 192.168.123.99 would normally be.
> >
> > What am I doing wrong?
>
> Nothing?
>
> xl0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         options=9<RXCSUM,VLAN_MTU>
>         inet 192.168.124.9 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast
> 192.168.124.255 ether 00:e0:81:27:cb:3b
>         media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
>         status: active
>
> Or do you actually have a problem?
>
> qvb

Maybe this is (or should be) a FAQ:  I don't think you can put two 
NICs on the same subnet with FreeBSD.  Please correct me if I'm 
wrong, especially if you can post a inconfig backing you up. ::D

-- 
Thanks,

Josh Paetzel



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