multiple interfaces on same subnet?

2006-07-31 Thread Joseph Gleason
Is it possible to reach two hosts via two interfaces that are both on the same subnet? Example: em0: 172.20.0.1/16 em1: 172.20.0.2/16 And I want to reach 172.20.0.3 via em0 and 172.20.0.4 via em1. From 'netstat -nr' I see a line like this: 172.20/14 link#1 UC 0

Re: multiple interfaces on same subnet?

2006-08-01 Thread Atom Powers
On 7/31/06, Joseph Gleason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is it possible to reach two hosts via two interfaces that are both on the same subnet? ... My objective is to have a FreeBSD box balance outbound traffic between two NICs, while being able to select from among many routers that could be the

Re: multiple interfaces on same subnet?

2006-08-01 Thread Malcolm Kay
On Tue, 1 Aug 2006 05:10 am, Joseph Gleason wrote: > Is it possible to reach two hosts via two interfaces that are > both on the same subnet? > > Example: > em0: 172.20.0.1/16 > em1: 172.20.0.2/16 > > And I want to reach 172.20.0.3 via em0 and 172.20.0.4 via em1. > > From 'netstat -nr' I see a line

Re: multiple interfaces on same subnet?

2006-08-01 Thread Atom Powers
On 8/1/06, Malcolm Kay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have no personal experience of doing this, but it seems to me you should be able to achieve your objective by using a specific netmask with ifconfig rather than the CIDR / notation: 172.20.0.1/16 -> 172.20.0.1 netmask 255.255.0.1 172.20.0.2/1