Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 19:36:49 +1030 From: Brian Astill <bastill@adam.com.au> To: stacey@vickiandstacey.com Cc: Nikolaj Farrell <nikk@home.se>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, wmoran@potentialtech.com Subject: Re: Problems w NIC Message-ID: <3E267629.2030201@adam.com.au> References: <001701c2b987$9fdf72e0$0100a8c0@athlon> <000b01c2b98a$df9981c0$0100a8c0@athlon> <1042301568.51041.233.camel@localhost> <001201c2b98e$063311e0$0100a8c0@athlon> <1042303096.51041.237.camel@localhost> <000301c2b993$55e70610$0100a8c0@athlon> <20030111171152.GH25529@sub21-156.member.dsl-only.net> <001b01c2b995$0dbf6d30$0100a8c0@athlon> <1042305860.51041.240.camel@localhost> <001801c2b999$95567000$0100a8c0@athlon> <1042310110.51041.250.camel@localhost> <002b01c2b9c3$56722e40$0100a8c0@athlon> <1042325630.51041.257.camel@localhost> <003701c2b9c4$db6e6950$0100a8c0@athlon> <1042328202.51041.268.camel@localhost> <00c301c2b9cd$71a44360$0100a8c0@athlon> <1042329896.51041.273.camel@localhost> <000a01c2b9cf$fb483f20$0100a8c0@athlon> <3E25F20A.2030009@adam.com.au> <1042674635.51041.412.camel@localhost> <3E261D65.8050801@adam.com.au> <1042696803.51041.416.camel@localhost> <3E265883.8050005@adam.com.au> <1042701186.51041.430.camel@localhost>
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Stacey Roberts wrote: >Here you go.., You have given the same IP Addr / netmasks information to >both rl0 & rl1 - this is not right. > >In your earlier message, you mentioned that rl0 is connected to a cable >modem and rl1 is connected to a lan. rl0 should have a different IP >address.., indeed a different network altogether as against rl1. > >To make life easier, you should configure rl1 with another completely >different RFC1918 IP address. So if you're using 192.168.x.x for rl0, >use an IP addr from the 172.16.x.x or 10.x.x.x ranges for rl1. > >Your set up appears to be that of a gateway. If so, google for "dual >homed hosts" and have a read of what is required to set it all up. > Thanks heaps! Now I understand. It didn't _seem_ right to have two identical IPs, but I didn't know what else to do :-[ It will all work, now. -- Brian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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