From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG  Fri Sep  3 11:00:09 2004
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D59A016A4CE
	for <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>; Fri,  3 Sep 2004 11:00:09 +0000 (GMT)
Received: from fritz.delphinium.net (pcp487354pcs.howard01.md.comcast.net
	[68.55.21.183])	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B014E43D31
	for <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>; Fri,  3 Sep 2004 11:00:09 +0000 (GMT)
	(envelope-from rtoren@bronzedragon.net)
Message-ID: <41384ED0.4070103@bronzedragon.net>
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2004 07:00:32 -0400
From: RRrp Toren <rtoren@bronzedragon.net>
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US;
	rv:1.7.1) Gecko/20040707
X-Accept-Language: en-us, en
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: MichelKempes@tweakdsl.delphinium.net
References: <413763C1.90208@bronzedragon.net>
	<1B4160E2-FD0E-11D8-A54A-003065A20588@mac.com>
	<200409022039.59406.MichelKempes@tweakdsl.nl>
In-Reply-To: <200409022039.59406.MichelKempes@tweakdsl.nl>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: 3 NICs - 1 upstream, 2 downstream  to same subnet??
X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1
Precedence: list
List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD <freebsd-net.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net>,
	<mailto:freebsd-net-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-net>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-net@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-net-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net>,
	<mailto:freebsd-net-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2004 11:00:09 -0000

Michel Kempes wrote:

>>The second problem you are having is that you can't have two NIC on the
>>same subnet. 
> 
> 
> Well it is possible to do but it is kind of useless to put 2 nic interfaces on 
> the same subnet, unless you can have 1 gbit incomming and 2 100 nic 
> downstreaming it over the subnet but this will need a load balance setup.

    This probably is a terminology thing. "on the same subnet" and "servicing 
the same subnet" aren't the same thing, to me. I am not talking about 
electricly connecting both NICs to the same segment ("on the subnet"), but 
rather each NIC having in independant segment (physically), with machine IPs 
coming from the same subnet pool of addresses (but being unique, of course).


Rip