Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 13:01:43 +0000 From: "Martin Hepworth" <maxsec@gmail.com> To: "mstrickland16@nc.rr.com" <mstrickland16@nc.rr.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to configure switching between network interfaces? Message-ID: <72cf361e0612310501v6c58099eob35cf29e4d548cf4@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <c364b958104c17.104c17c364b958@southeast.rr.com> References: <c364b958104c17.104c17c364b958@southeast.rr.com>
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Myself, I'd get a couple of small fiber/ethernet convertors and then connect everything to a small ethernet switch. A bit more money, but simpler and I like simple. -- Martin On 12/31/06, mstrickland16@nc.rr.com <mstrickland16@nc.rr.com> wrote: > > How to configure switching between network interfaces? > I would like to determine how, or if, the following can be accomplished > with FreeBSD. > Configuration: > A BSD box setup with 1 GbE NIC and a 4 port 10/100 NIC > The GbE interface will have a static IP configured (192.168.10.x/24) > Planned Implementation: > Along with possibly serving other data such as NFS or HTTP traffic, I > would like the interfaces to work as a switch. The GbE interface is a fiber > optic NIC which connects to the rest of the network 100 or so meters away. I > plan to use the other 4 interfaces to attach hosts to my network. I would > prefer all of my hosts to be on the same subnet if possible, otherwise I > would just configure routing between the appropriate interfaces. My question > then is: Can the interfaces be configured to function as a switch would, > allowing the connected hosts to recieve DHCP and other traffic "routing" > from the fiber optic interface via the FreeBSD box. I know that in a basic > configuration, 2 interfaces on the same subnet are not a best practice and > would required special routing information. I assume that somewhere this can > be configured. A good shove in the right direction would be most > appreciated. > Thanks, > Mike > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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