Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 23:52:36 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Steven Ames <steve@virtual-voodoo.com> Cc: "Jonathan M. Slivko" <jslivko@blinx.net>, Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why two cards on the same segment... Message-ID: <3B610FB4.7A60C3E1@mindspring.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.32.0107261528390.2406-100000@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us> <001701c11614$94114000$6401a8c0@equinox> <00fa01c11615$73cccb10$28d90c42@eservoffice.com>
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Steven Ames wrote: > I don't think the networking code knows/cares if something is private or > public IP space. I might be off here but I think the real problem with > two seperate networks on one card (or even on two cards) would be > the default route (can't have two right?) and which IP address gets > used as the 'source IP' on packets leaving the system. Yes. Specifically, the source address on outbound ARP requests is indeterminate, even though the second subnet is "local", it ends upsending out the default gateway. It then whines when the response comes back to the card the request was sent out on, instead of the card it wanted. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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