Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 09:40:01 +0300 (IDT) From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@cs.technion.ac.il> To: joseph altea <joseph@internet.dswnet.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD driver support for PCI ethercards Message-ID: <Pine.SV4.3.91-heb-2.04.960813093343.1982C-100000@cs.technion.ac.il> In-Reply-To: <320FF3B9.41C67EA6@internet.dswnet.com>
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On Mon, 12 Aug 1996, joseph altea wrote: > Dear Sir/Madam; > > Does FreeBSD support multiple 100BaseT Ethernet cards aliased > to multiple addresses? I'm not sure I fully understand what you mean. Aliasing is giving more than one address to a single physical interface. That can be easily done with something like: ifconfig inet de0 192.116.93.19 netmask 255.255.255.255 alias This would have the effect of two addresses being bound to the same physical connection. Node that the netmask should be all 1's, unless you know what you're doing... To have more than one PCI ethernet card is even easier (I didn't try two 100BaseTX cards, but I have one 100baseTX + one 10baseT working...). Rebuild you're kernel with lines for the additional interfaces, like device de1 (assuming you're using DEC based cards, which is what I use). There is no need to create a device in /dev for those. Edit your /etc/sysconfig file. Look for ifconfig. You'll see a list of the configured interfaces. Add the new interface to the list. On the following lines there are the configuration parameters for the interfaces. Add a line for your new interface. Make sure that the new kernel you just configured is installed and reboot. Note: The addresses on the two cards must be on different nets or subnets! > > Where are docs on such? Right here. I've added a DE450 PCI ethernet card to a machine last night, did just what I said above, and it worked the first time! > > - thanks for any info - joseph > You're welcome Nadav
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