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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!iafrica.com!peacenjoy.mikom.csir.co.za!news.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Dual Ethernet Cards Date: 14 Sep 1996 13:15:25 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 24 Message-ID: <51e7kt$jh@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <3238986E.446B@phoenix.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Geoff Mohler (gemohler@phoenix.net) wrote: : I have two ethernet cards in my FTP server. : My initial card, has of course, a default route. : I want to issue routing commands to the second interface, : but without forwarding them to the primary interface. This doesn't make sense to me. Do you mean you want to create static routes for the second if ? : How can I have two cards, and two default gateways with : FreeBSD 2.1.5. You can't. The default gateway is the target for all packets that havn't got a specific entry in your routing table. It doesn't make sense to have two defaults. Have a look at the route man page - it's a bit cryptic unless you already know what it says ...... What specifically are you trying to achieve ? -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....