Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 19:50:27 -0600 From: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> To: gahn <ipfreak@yahoo.com>, Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: freebsd general questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Freebsd with multiple nic's Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20060227194638.02629150@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <20060228012520.53020.qmail@web52114.mail.yahoo.com> References: <4403A240.6030304@mac.com> <20060228012520.53020.qmail@web52114.mail.yahoo.com>
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If the nics are all PCI you may have trouble with the shared
interrupts. You may need to use a multiple port adapter to get the results
you want.
-Derek
At 07:25 PM 2/27/2006, gahn wrote:
>Thanks Chuck:
>
>Yes they are on different lan subnets. I am trying to
>build a freebsd based router that talks to four
>different subnets.
>
>
>
>--- Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> wrote:
>
> > gahn wrote:
> > > I am running Freebsd 5.4 and have problems with
> > > multiple nics.
> > [ ... ]
> > > Any help will be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Are the NICs all on distinct subnets?
> >
> > You can't put two NICs using IPs on the same subnet
> > without taking more complex
> > issues into consideration like bridging or channel
> > bonding or trunking,
> > depending on which vendor's terms you'd like to use.
> >
> > --
> > -Chuck
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