Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 11:20:05 -0600 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: "W. J. Williams" <will@willardjwilliams.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stop this from clogging DMESG Message-ID: <20030402172005.GI1912@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <20030402165503.54933.qmail@web13504.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20030402164917.GG1912@dan.emsphone.com> <20030402165503.54933.qmail@web13504.mail.yahoo.com>
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In the last episode (Apr 02), W. J. Williams said: > --- Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> wrote: > > In the last episode (Apr 02), W. J. Williams said: > > > this box is in a lab-learning environment...how do I stop and > > > keep both cards...should I make range for fxp1 192.168.8.x? > > > > That's probably a good idea. Also make sure the NICs are not > > plugged into the same ethernet segment, since if they are they will > > see the same broadcast packets and start complaining about other > > things. Use IP aliases on a single card if you only have one > > ethernet segment available. > > Dan, thx...yes, I only have one ethernet switch, but i believe it is > capable of handling virtual LANs...should I build VLANS on the switch > to separate the ethernet segments? I am running 8 pcs and simulating > various things (VPNS, firewalls, etc) .It is a 24-port 3com 3300 > switch. I just got my gig-e nic running now as well, so will > experiment with routing traffic through it. thoughts? Definitely set up VLANs if you're working with VPNs and firewalls. Otherwise you will never know whether a successful page load went through a VPN or just ignored it and talked directly to the destination server. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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