Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2002 15:46:10 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Tim <cyberlord@cyberlord.net.dhis.org> Cc: Grant Cooper <grant.cooper@nucleus.com>, FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Natd and IP interfaces Message-ID: <20020818134610.GA5411@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <200208180831.28855.cyberlord@cyberlord.net.dhis.org> References: <063501c2465d$9604b930$2afececd@TCOOPER> <1029622354.12169.7.camel@markx.vladsempire.net> <067701c24694$e8c58c80$2afececd@TCOOPER> <200208180831.28855.cyberlord@cyberlord.net.dhis.org>
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On Sun, Aug 18, 2002 at 08:31:28AM -0500, Tim wrote: > I suppose with proper masking and IP numbers you could make a FBSD router act > like a switch. But each computer on the network would have it's own subnet > and you'd have to set up a routing table. You can make it act like a switch without bothering about subnets and routing tables. See http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bridging.html for details. > > But since the cost of the extra NICs and the time and trouble to set up the > tables would be more than the cost of a small hub, it doesn't make sense. This I agree with in general. Most of the time it is a better idea to just buy a small hub or switch. They are fairly cheap these days. > > It's just not worth it unless you specifically *need* seperate subnets. > > Tim > > On Sunday 18 August 2002 03:54 am, Grant Cooper wrote: > > Yeh it's resolved. I was thinking (hoping) FreeBSD had some algorithm magic. > > How is it not possible to turn your computer into a switch by adding more > > networking cards. Hubs and routers are so small. As I mention above, you can do it, but natd is normally not involved in any way in doing it. And besides, a separate hub/switch/router is usually a better idea. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Josh Paetzel" <friar_josh@webwarrior.net> > > To: "Grant Cooper" <grant.cooper@nucleus.com> > > Cc: <FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org> > > Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 4:12 PM > > Subject: Re: Natd and IP interfaces > > > > > > > On Sun, 2002-08-18 at 02:18, Grant Cooper wrote: > > > > Can a natd have more than one internal interface so multiple computers > > can > > > > connect to a single computer with 2 or 3 network cards > > > > > > Uh, no. You'd have to bind the same ip to two different cards, and I'm > > > sure you can see the problems with that. > > > > > > > > > > > > . I tried everything > > > > and then bought another hub and everything works fine now. > > > > > > Good. Does that mean that your issue is resolved, or is there a > > > question here I am missing? > > > > > > > > > Josh -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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