Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 21:52:32 -0800 From: jekillen <jekillen@prodigy.net> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: [OT]two networks, one nic Message-ID: <fe210378f2486e4cc4b36d40598b8a32@prodigy.net>
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Hello FreeBSD users, I have been operating under the assumption that the same network interface card cannot handle two different networks. But then I seem to have seen an example in one of the OReill=A5 books on networking that had one interface with one assigned inet address and also aliased with another address that could only be on another network. If I understood that right, it seems to imply that I can use one Network interface card for at least two different networks, like so; 192.168.1.<somthing> and alias 172.0.0.<something> or; 192.168.1.<something> alias 192.168.2.<something> If this is possible is it accomplished via a special routing? My concern is that I have a laptop with one network interface, built in, but would like to access it both at a public static address and a private network address. Is this possible? Thanks in advance for time and attention; Jeff K
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