Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 01:15:20 -0800 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> Cc: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net>, cjclark@alum.mit.edu, "Brent B.Powers" <powers@b2pi.com>, David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>, Tim Gustafson <tim@falconsoft.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Two NICs In FreeBSD Message-ID: <20010104011520.M95729@rfx-64-6-211-149.users.reflexco> In-Reply-To: <20010104002809.U292@fw.wintelcom.net>; from bright@wintelcom.net on Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 12:28:09AM -0800 References: <E14E5gK-0004Vv-00@post.mail.nl.demon.net> <20010104002809.U292@fw.wintelcom.net>
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On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 12:28:09AM -0800, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > * Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> [010104 00:23] wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 01:47:37AM -0500, Brent B.Powers wrote: > > > > > Someplace I've a sun doc that discusses how to do this on SunOS and > > > > Solaris. The reason you might want to do it might include redundancy > > > > (I've had NIC's die on me, sometimes from overheat) > > > > > > This is not the way to do it. The IP address of a fried card will > > > still be unreachable. > > > > > > > and possibly increasing bandwidth. > > > > > Increase bandwidth ? A pipe doesn't increase it's width just because you > > try to pour more water into it. At least not under the conventional laws > > of this particular universe... > > > > > > > In fact, for the second reason, it's relatively > > > > commonly done with PPP links, which amounts to two NIC's on the same > > > > network. > > > > > > Huh, how's that? > > 100mbit ports, GigE uplink? But that is a whole 'nuther beast. Yes, there are situations where multiple NICs from a single box increases bandwidth, but I can't think of one where it is a collision domain (not completely true but for this conversation, close enough), and that should be the only time a NIC hears ARP replies meant for another interface. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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