Configure the interfaces into separate rdomains. /T
2017-10-25 21:17 GMT+02:00 Christopher Paul <chris.p...@rexconsulting.net>: > Hi Misc, > > I have been tasked with setting up a benchmark platform to test NICs and > network cables. I'd like to do this on one PC. So I want to send packets of > different protocols out of one interface and into the other, across/thru > the NICs and whatever type/lengths of cabling I am using. The problem I am > having is that if I configure two interfaces on the same server, either on > the same network or not, the kernel is smart enough to know to not need to > use the actual wire (ethernet cable) in order to transmit the packet from > one interface to the other. Which I guess I was aware of, and of course it > makes a lot of good sense for a normal situation, but in this case, is a > block on my project. > > So I'm wondering is this sort of kernel-fooling I want to do possible with > OpenBSD? Or for that matter, any OS? > > May be I need to set them up as a bridge? If I did that I could set it up > with forwarding, yeah? Something like that I guess I will try next. > > Many thanks for those of you who read this and offer any ideas && Long > Live OpenBSD, > > CP > >
