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Date:      Mon, 19 Jul 1999 13:58:45 -0700 (PDT)
From:      David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com>
To:        freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG, gill@topsecret.net
Subject:   Re: tomorrow a gateway...
Message-ID:  <199907192058.NAA46480@pau-amma.whistle.com>
In-Reply-To: <NDBBJDFMIMOCFNNCEKADOELECJAA.gill@topsecret.net>

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>From: "James Gill" <gill@topsecret.net>
>Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 11:18:39 -0400

>I think my question can be distilled down to:  What do I have to know extra
>when putting two NICs of the same subnet in one host?

Familiarity with Spanning Tree Protocol would seem to be a distinct "plus"
for such an effort.

>I am using an internal 10.*.*.* network, but only one class-C subnet of it.
>10.10.10.* with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.192 dividing my network into
>four subnets.  Here's what I got out of rfc1878 that I based all this on:

>...

>Currently, everything is in the first subnet, and when the gateway is
>activated, the internal stuff will be moved into the third subnet (by simply
>adding 100 to the host address).  ...so currently the gateway has .2 and .29
>and internal addresses are .30 - .33 but the gateway's internal interface
>will be .129 and internal will be .130 - .133 .

>Thanks in advance for any help...

It's not as if net 10 (or any other RFC 1918) addresses are in
particularly short supply.  I would recommend that each NIC be set up to
be on a completely separate network.

Cheers,
david
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David Wolfskill		dhw@whistle.com		UNIX System Administrator
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