Re: dual NICs (fwd)
I thought Matthew took this off list. Matthew then forwarded his
questions to the list. I now do so with my reply... For the record, I
prefer to keep things on-list when possible.
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Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 16:56:06 -0600 (MDT)
From: John Galt <galt@inconnu.isu.edu>
To: Matthew Sackman <matthew@sackman.co.uk>
Subject: Re: dual NICs
On Wed, 16 May 2001, Matthew Sackman wrote:
>On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 01:06:31AM -0600, John Galt wrote:
>> On Tue, 15 May 2001, Zac Epkes wrote:
>>
>> >You can not have 1 NIC with 2 IPs simply not possible, i think u can buy
>> >network cards with upto 4 ports that all act alone, or something similar...
>>
>> Wrong! eth0:1 and eth0:0... _Never_ say something's impossible...
eth0:1 is IP aliasing with one wire and one NIC
>Um I'm getting slightly confused here: what I need is one card which has two
>or more independant eth ports on it which can be assigned seperate IPs. I.e.
>not IP aliasing - each eth port has only one IP address, but each eth port
>must appear to linux as a seperate eth port, appearing in effect as if I have
>4x single eth NICs in the box.
There were hardware lists...
>Is this possible with, say, 2 of the Intel Dual Port Server NICs?
I think they just show up as 2 eepro100's. I've never actually had one to
check, but the code for eepro.o will just go ahead and find all eepro100's
(I've used multiple eepro100's in systems, just not the 2-on-a-card ones)
in your system, and I assume they use two chips for two ports. The only
problem is Intel's networking is a hodgepoge of first approximations and
half-supported buyouts, so my guess is that the 2-port will work after a
fashion, it may just be painful to see happen. JMHO...
>Thanks for your help,
>
>
>Matthew
>>
>> >- overid3 =)
>> >
>> >
>> >On Tuesday 15 May 2001 14:12, Matthew Sackman wrote:
>> >> Hay all.
>> >>
>> >> Does anyone have any knowledge of a network card that has two
>> >> independant eth ports on it? The reason I ask is that I've
>> >> gotta get 4 eth ports into a server squashed into a 2U rack
>> >> which means I only have 3 expansion cards available...
>> >>
>> >> I look forward to hearing from you!
>> >>
>> >> Matthew
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
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