Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 17:56:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com> To: Brad Tucker <zvi@zvi.t-networking.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2 ethernet cards Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990602174759.13761O-100000@java.dpcsys.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9906021731320.626-100000@zvi.t-networking.com>
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On Wed, 2 Jun 1999, Brad Tucker wrote:
> what if I changed the ifconfig to read:
> ifconfig_ed0 -inet 206.117.19.2 netmask 255.255.255.224 (1-31 usable?)
> ifconfig_ed1 -inet 206.117.19.126 netmask 255.255.255.192 (65-126 usable?)
> wouldnt this free up some space for more hosts?
If you do something like
Router|----+----|ed0 ed1|---- internal network 206.117.19.64/26
|
+-- external network 206.117.19.0/26
you could run 62 addresses on the "external net". But if you have any
appletalk traffic on those hosts you defeat the purpose of the exercise.
Dan
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