Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 18:33:28 -0500 From: Barney Wolff <barney@databus.com> To: "Jason A. Crome" <crome@devnetinc.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Multi-homed system in FreeBSD 4.9 Message-ID: <20031118233328.GA34651@pit.databus.com> In-Reply-To: <003901c3ae29$9472a7a0$2600a8c6@cromedome> References: <003901c3ae29$9472a7a0$2600a8c6@cromedome>
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On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 05:13:30PM -0600, Jason A. Crome wrote: > > Hate to sound dumb, but this is my first time setting up a multi-homed > system in FreeBSD. I can get the box working just fine with one network > adapter, but the second adapter will not take an IP address. Using dmesg > and ifconfig, I can see the card just fine. . . . There doesn't appear to > be anything wrong other than the card not showing the IP I have assigned it. > > The box is using 2 3Com 3c905C network cards. I have verified that both > cards work in other PCs. I am attempting to assign one card the IP > 192.168.0.1 and the other 192.168.0.2 (using /stand/sysinstall) in an > attempt to monitor traffic across my network. Any insight that can be > offered up would be of great assistance :-) You can't assign two addresses in the same subnet. If you insist on doing that, assign the second one as 192.168.0.2/32. (In sysinstall, specify the netmask as 255.255.255.255) But really, why do you think you need to do this? -- Barney Wolff http://www.databus.com/bwresume.pdf I'm available by contract or FT, in the NYC metro area or via the 'Net.
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