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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!cancer.vividnet.com!hunter.premier.net!news-peer.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sesqui.net!uhura.phoenix.net!usenet From: Geoff Mohler <gemohler@phoenix.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Dual Ethernet Cards Date: Sun, 15 Sep 1996 14:42:49 -0700 Organization: Phoenix Data Net Lines: 22 Message-ID: <323C7859.1CFB@phoenix.net> References: <3238986E.446B@phoenix.net> <51e7kt$jh@anorak.coverform.lan> NNTP-Posting-Host: sgi.phoenix.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (X11; I; IRIX 6.2 IP22) Brian Somers wrote: > : 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 ? I am hosting two very large ftp and www sites on once machine..a machine that has plenty of capacity for it. But I want to multihome this machine and its services, across two physical ethernet cards, and two networks. But I do not want to route between the two. Geoff