Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 18:21:00 +0400 From: Sopov Alexey <adler@smtp.ru> To: Bob Ababurko <ababurko@adelphia.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re[2]: cannot get rc.conf to configure an second interface Message-ID: <4210237724.20040827182100@smtp.ru> In-Reply-To: <5.2.1.1.0.20040827091804.01c8af40@mail.dc2.adelphia.net> References: <5.2.1.1.0.20040824183938.01a70a08@mail.dc2.adelphia.net> <5.2.1.1.0.20040824183938.01a70a08@mail.dc2.adelphia.net> <5.2.1.1.0.20040827091804.01c8af40@mail.dc2.adelphia.net>
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This should work fine. /etc/rc.conf: ifconfig_fxp0="inet 192.168.102.14/24" ifconfig_fxp1="inet 192.168.102.15/32" defaultrouter="192.168.102.1" BA> At 04:55 PM 8/26/2004 -0500, you wrote: >>Bob Ababurko wrote: >> >>>Hello- >>> I am trying to configure rc.conf to set up my second interface. Right >>> now, I have these lines in the rc.conf file and when I boot the mahine, >>> fxp1 is not configured. Also, it seems that that ipv6 is set up an I am >>> not sure how to disable it. Here is my rc.conf entries that refer to >>> the network: >>>ifconfig_fxp0="inet 192.168.102.14 netmask 255.255.255.0" >>>ifconfig_fxp1="inet 192.168.102.15 netmask 255.255.255.0" >>>defaultrouter="192.168.102.1" >>> IS there thing else that I need to do to configure fxp1 to survive a >>> reboot? One thing that happens when I configure the NIC with ifconfig is this: >>>bash-2.05b# ifconfig fxp1 192.168.102.15 netmask 255.255.255.0 >>>ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists >>>what I end up needing to do is configure the IP and then the network, >>>separately. I think that this error has something to do with my problem, >>>but I am not sure how to deal with that. Any info that anyone ca lead me >>>to will be great. >>>thanks, >>>Bob >> >>If I've been learning anything lately, you cannot have two interfaces >>configured on the same subnet on FreeBSD. The boot process is erroring >>out on this, hence why you're getting the ifconfig error listed above. One >>way to get around this is set those interfaces with a netmask of all ones, >>or 255.255.255.255, or simply do have these entries in you're rc.conf file: >> >>ifconfig_fxp0="inet 192.168.102.14/32" >>ifconfig_fxp1="inet 192.168.102.15/32" >>defaultrouter="192.168.102.1" >> >>Again, this is if I got everything correctly. >> >>HTH >> >>Eric F Crist >> BA> I am curious as to how these netmask settings will effect the way my BA> routes will be handled. If I use a /32, what does that mean....or more BA> specifically, what is going on here? I am sure this is not the conventions BA> used in Solaris. So, I would like to understand what is going on or why I BA> would use a different subnet mask. BA> Also.....what I want to do here, or at least, think that I want to do, BA> is have traffic come and go out of each NIC, respectively. I don't want BA> traffic to come in fxp1 and go out of fxp0. I want this to occur because I BA> am going to use dummynet to handle some bandwidth issues. What is the BA> default behavior in this respect in FreeBSD when just adding another NIC to BA> a system and not making any other changes? Do I have to change anything in BA> my routing tables? I am thinking that I do.....If someone with expertise BA> in these areas can help, I would be grateful! BA> thx, BA> BoB BA> _______________________________________________ BA> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list BA> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions BA> To unsubscribe, send any mail to BA> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- [ /Iexa ] mailto:adler@smtp.ru
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