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Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 11:42:15 -0600
From: paulvon@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: Two Ethernet Cards Conflict
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
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In article <33ADC836.628C@OntheNet.com.au>,
tonyg@OntheNet.com.au wrote:
>
> paulvon@hotmail.com wrote:
> >
> > I am using FreeBSD 2.2.1 with two ethernet cards.
> >
> > Both of the cards are reachable from the net.
> >
> > I am however getting an error. On the root console
> > time ns1 /kerner: arp: (mac address) is using my IP address (IP Addresss)!
> >
> > I think that it is comming from both cards are typing to share the same
> > name that is given in the /etc/sysconfig.
>
> Have you put the SAME IP address on both cards? This is not allowed and
> will confuse other hosts on the LAN!
>
> In actual fact, it will probably work as long as both cards with the
> same IP address remain in the same host. It just that this host will
> appear to have a split personality (two different MAC addresses mapping
> to the same IP address) to other host on the LAN. You will see the
> 'arp' messages on the consoles of other hosts while this situation
> presists.
>
> Tony
I did an ifconfig -a and both of the interfaces have different IP
addresses on them.
Do you have any more ideas??
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