Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:41:29 +0100 From: Frank Bonnet <f.bonnet@esiee.fr> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Transparent redirect to another interface ? Message-ID: <45DEC4D9.5070709@esiee.fr> In-Reply-To: <F7E10B6B-20A2-438A-A5FC-FBFEA3E1457B@mac.com> References: <45DD84C1.70308@esiee.fr> <F7E10B6B-20A2-438A-A5FC-FBFEA3E1457B@mac.com>
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Chuck Swiger wrote: > Configuring the two interfaces with two different IP addresses is no > problem at all, presuming that these IP addresses reside in different > subnets. If both IPs reside in the same subnet, you are better off > configuring the second IP as an alias on the first interface, and using > the second NIC for some other purpose. > > You can do other things, such as using ng_fec to perform "port > trunking", or using IPFW or some other thing to manually force traffic > out of the other interface, but it's unlikely to result in much benefit. > Thanks for the infos , I'll try the port trunking if it is compatible with Cisco switches ?
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