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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!newspump.sol.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!cs.utexas.edu!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.ac.net!news1.erols.com!news From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Multiple Ethernets ! Help!!!! Date: Tue, 03 Sep 1996 20:46:35 +0000 Organization: Erol's Internet Services Lines: 36 Message-ID: <322C992B.530A@www.play-hookey.com> References: <50hhqm$4nr@uhura.phoenix.net> Reply-To: kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com NNTP-Posting-Host: kenjb05.play-hookey.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win16; U) Paul Flores wrote: > > The Situation: > > I have a web server that I would like to 'dual home', that is > have the web server answer to both IP addresses on both ethernet cards. > > Problem: > As the Ethernets are on diffrent subnets (and I DO NOT want to route), > how do I configure a default gateway for the 2nd ethernet? > > Stumped for once . . . > <puzzlement>. Since your server has two cards, one for each subnet, each subnet will access the server via only that card. There seems no point in aliasing the other IP address to that card; the netmask won't fit and neither subnet will ever try to use the 'other' address. You mentioned above that you don't want to route between the two networks; this implies that you don't want a gateway of any sort between them. Is there some reason you can't just let the server be accessible from either side? If you've tried it and gotten an error message, please specify that message, or whatever actual results you've gotten. Also please list the netconfig section from /etc/sysconfig, as far as it pertains to the server itself and the net card interfaces. -- Ken Are you interested in | byte-sized education | http://www.play-hookey.com over the Internet? |