If 2 IP addresses are needed on the same network, why not just use IP aliasing instead?
> -----Original Message----- > From: Vineet Mehta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 9:49 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: 2 NIC's on same network, possible? > > Hi all, > > My collegue has a Linux machine which has 2 NIC's on it. What he did was > assign the IP's 192.168.0.6/24 and 192.168.0.7/24 to the NIC's. And he > was trying to ping the network but was getting errors (i dont know the > errors). > > ----------------- > | Switch | > |_________________| > | | > | | > | | > ------------------------------- > | NIC1 NIC2 | > |192.168.0.6/24 192.168.0.7/24| > | Machine | > |-----------------------------| > > > I tried explaining him like this:-> > > Configuring the machine's network like this is not a big problem, coz > other machines on the network can still see these 2 IP's. But his > machine will not be able to reach other machines on the network coz 2 > NIC's point to the same network so Linux kernel would be confused for > which NIC to use to send packets. If by any means we set the route to > use ANY one NIC to reach the network then there will be no errors. > > Am i right in this, or this is not possible AT ALL? I took my thought > from the concept of IP Aliasing. > > Thanks in advance for any help. > > Regards, > -- > Vineet Mehta > Network Security Consultant > Kuwait Linux Company > Kuwait > Ph-2412552/2463633 > <vineet [at] linux [dot] com [dot] kw> > www.linux.com.kw --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
