From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 11 16:17:12 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C00216A400 for ; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 16:17:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from pi.codefab.com (pi.codefab.com [199.103.21.227]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E32543D48 for ; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 16:17:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pi.codefab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 317255E1E; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 12:17:11 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at codefab.com Received: from pi.codefab.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (pi.codefab.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id aM88Zpb1Zf1v; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 12:17:10 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.1.3] (pool-68-161-112-80.ny325.east.verizon.net [68.161.112.80]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pi.codefab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 499575C10; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 12:17:10 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <443BD688.8050208@mac.com> Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 12:17:12 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: root@mediamonks.net References: <005801c65d24$c9f350d0$5dd9f270$@net> In-Reply-To: <005801c65d24$c9f350d0$5dd9f270$@net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Faking multiple physical adapters for DHCPDISCOVER 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: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 16:17:12 -0000 Terrence Koeman wrote: [ ... ] > I need to 'clone' the xl1 adapter to appear as three adapters, each with a > distinct MAC address. This because my provider has assigned me three > semi-static addresses of which I want to use 1 for outbound NAT-traffic and > two for static NAT. > > These addresses are semi-static because they are basically MAC-based > reservations on the providers DHCP server, and it happens to be that I'm > required to aquire a DHCP lease for all three addresses for routing to work > properly. If I configure the addresses statically the connectivity > 'disappears' after a while. The reason why your ISP has configured their system in such a fashion is to prevent people from claiming multiple static IPs from a single machine. If you're not happy with their AUP, use another provider, or pay for a dedicated IP allocation of whatever size you need. -- -Chuck