Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 16:33:52 -0500 (CDT) From: Nick Rogness <nick@rogness.net> To: Jim Arnold <jim@ohio.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: switching between 2 network connections Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0106201627400.6278-100000@cody.jharris.com> In-Reply-To: <a05100303b756a03ed607@[206.128.102.10]>
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On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, Jim Arnold wrote: > At work we have 2 separate networks. One is an internal network where > my machine, running 4.3, has been assigned a static IP number. > > The 2nd connection is via a DSL line that has a small box acting as a > firewall and DHCP server. > > During the day I want to use the DSL line and let the machine pick up > the IP number from the DHCP server since this connection has much more > bandwidth than our internal network. > > At nights and weekends I need to switch my box over to use the static > IP number in order to to receive and send out some files at night. > > What the easiest and quickest way for me to switch my connection over > essentially twice a day, once in the morning and once at night before > I leave? > > Do I need to install a 2nd network card for ease? If so how do I tell > FreeBSD which card to use? If the DSL & Private networks are physically seperated then a second network card would be ideal. 1 connected to the DSL and the other to your private network... If they are on the same physcial network, then setting up a static alias for your private network on your ethernet card would work OK as well. Then add any private routes for your file transfering when needed. > > Now when I want to go from the static IP network to DHCP I use > /stand/sysinstall. Going back from DHCP to static IP doesn't work for > me unless I reboot since I don't know the magic to do otherwise. > man ifconfig Nick Rogness <nick@rogness.net> - Keep on Routing in a Free World... "FreeBSD: The Power to Serve!" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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