From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 31 13:28:18 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1EE416A40F for ; Sun, 31 Dec 2006 13:28:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from maxsec@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.169]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D04D13C44C for ; Sun, 31 Dec 2006 13:28:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from maxsec@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id o2so4103984uge for ; Sun, 31 Dec 2006 05:28:17 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=rbL1yv3j+Kh64e44Bx60CBcuU8oc//VHfQF2QtTtxdOf1m8WLazwYqap6Jn7a8cA3OmM57VA/nlQkDpMgzPApDIzp/AX3qZH9KxaJoLG1wXqBy3z8HPrPico9rX95KdfUv1RIrGw/TEWJMjoyGPcjlUhfC7M1WktQhN0tk5tx98= Received: by 10.78.170.17 with SMTP id s17mr3049274hue.1167570103602; Sun, 31 Dec 2006 05:01:43 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.78.148.10 with HTTP; Sun, 31 Dec 2006 05:01:43 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <72cf361e0612310501v6c58099eob35cf29e4d548cf4@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 13:01:43 +0000 From: "Martin Hepworth" To: "mstrickland16@nc.rr.com" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to configure switching between network interfaces? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 13:28:19 -0000 Myself, I'd get a couple of small fiber/ethernet convertors and then connect everything to a small ethernet switch. A bit more money, but simpler and I like simple. -- Martin On 12/31/06, mstrickland16@nc.rr.com wrote: > > How to configure switching between network interfaces? > I would like to determine how, or if, the following can be accomplished > with FreeBSD. > Configuration: > A BSD box setup with 1 GbE NIC and a 4 port 10/100 NIC > The GbE interface will have a static IP configured (192.168.10.x/24) > Planned Implementation: > Along with possibly serving other data such as NFS or HTTP traffic, I > would like the interfaces to work as a switch. The GbE interface is a fiber > optic NIC which connects to the rest of the network 100 or so meters away. I > plan to use the other 4 interfaces to attach hosts to my network. I would > prefer all of my hosts to be on the same subnet if possible, otherwise I > would just configure routing between the appropriate interfaces. My question > then is: Can the interfaces be configured to function as a switch would, > allowing the connected hosts to recieve DHCP and other traffic "routing" > from the fiber optic interface via the FreeBSD box. I know that in a basic > configuration, 2 interfaces on the same subnet are not a best practice and > would required special routing information. I assume that somewhere this can > be configured. A good shove in the right direction would be most > appreciated. > Thanks, > Mike > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >