Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 17:16:52 +0100 From: Alex <akruijff@dds.nl> To: "Dave [Hawk-Systems]" <dave@hawk-systems.com> Cc: "Alex" <freebsd-reply@akruijff.dds.nl>, "Grant Peel" <grant@thenetnow.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re[2]: 2 networks, six NICs, 3 Servers, 1 switch. Message-ID: <2813398155.20021230171652@dds.nl> In-Reply-To: <DBEIKNMKGOBGNDHAAKGNEEJNFPAB.dave@hawk-systems.com> References: <DBEIKNMKGOBGNDHAAKGNEEJNFPAB.dave@hawk-systems.com>
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Dear/Beste Dave, Monday, December 30, 2002, 2:25:39 PM, you wrote: >>> Can I plug all three NIC s into one switch (the switch will also be >>> connectoed to our providered swtch, for Inet connection) and expect both >>> networks to work OK? >> >>It does work, but you will be getting a lot of warnings because some >>IP-packages will arrive at the wrong NIC first. (I run one server like >>this for a half year now) Call me lazy. :-) > Shoudn't the switch figure out after a few packets that NIC1 contains addresses > 10.... and NIC2 addresses 192... and not send the wrong packets to the wrong > NIC? Or are you using a HUB in your installations and thus the wrong packets > being sent? Isn't the purpose of the switch to avoid this behavior either > automatically or via manual onfiguration of the switch ports? First. The old configuration already contained a hub. When the total connections became larger than the hub we added a switch. I never tried to configure it manually. Secondly although most IP-packages gets filtered some packages still get though. Thirdly some switched are disguised hubs. (At least in my price class) -- Best regards/Met vriendelijke groet, Alex To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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