On Thu, Apr 08, 2004 at 02:20:49PM -0300, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > 'k, but I want to use the managed aspect of it to be able to hard code the > port rates (ie. to fix this full-duplex issue initially) as well as be > able to access SNMP so that I can do bandwidth monitoring of external > traffic ... I have SNMP setup on the FreeBSD boxes right now so that I can > see network load per server, but I want to be able to isolate the > 'external' traffic from 'internal', by monitoring the specific port that > is connected to the providers switch ... > > So, in both cases, I need to assign an IP somewhere, correct?
I generally just cheat by assigning a link-scope address to the switch and to my management station connected to the same switch, thus obviating the need for a router. Generally however the management station has to be in a certain VLAN to access the SNMP features of the switch, this is usually VLAN 1 (at least on 3Com). BMS _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
