From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 26 13:52:40 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7BC01065700 for ; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:52:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from steve@ibctech.ca) Received: from ibctech.ca (v6.ibctech.ca [IPv6:2607:f118::b6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 578218FC27 for ; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:52:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from steve@ibctech.ca) Received: (qmail 97317 invoked by uid 89); 26 Feb 2009 13:55:12 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.114?) (steve@ibctech.ca@::ffff:208.70.104.100) by pearl.ibctech.ca with ESMTPA; 26 Feb 2009 13:55:11 -0000 Message-ID: <49A69E9C.2090807@ibctech.ca> Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 08:52:28 -0500 From: Steve Bertrand User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Faizan ul haq Muhammad References: <200902251306.14765.lists@jnielsen.net> <200902251515.47094.lists@jnielsen.net> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: lists@jnielsen.net, FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: ping stucks/hangs on PCI 3com NIC sk0 interface but works on builtin NIC X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:52:41 -0000 Faizan ul haq Muhammad wrote: > Now i assume that in order to configure the NICs with the same NETWORK and make them working i need to configure the System as router. No. A router's responsibility is to route packets between DISSIMILAR network prefixes. In essence, trying to do what you want is similar to this: - you live at 100 John St - you need to go to 50 John St - the street is addressed in a way that a 50 John street is to your left AND to the right Which way do you go? Steve