Re: Freebsd with multiple nic's

If the nics are all PCI you may have trouble with the shared interrupts. You may need to use a multiple port adapter to get the results you want.

-Derek


At 07:25 PM 2/27/2006, gahn wrote:
Thanks Chuck:

Yes they are on different lan subnets. I am trying to
build a freebsd based router that talks to four
different subnets.



--- Chuck Swiger <cswiger@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> gahn wrote:
> > I am running Freebsd 5.4 and have problems with
> > multiple nics.
> [ ... ]
> > Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Are the NICs all on distinct subnets?
>
> You can't put two NICs using IPs on the same subnet
> without taking more complex
> issues into consideration like bridging or channel
> bonding or trunking,
> depending on which vendor's terms you'd like to use.
>
> --
> -Chuck
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