Hi, On Feb 12, 2013, at 9:32, Ivan Voras <ivo...@freebsd.org> wrote: > I have a machine with two interfaces, igb2 and igb3 on the same subnet > but with different IP addresses, e.g. igb2 has 192.168.1.221, igb3 has > 192.168.1.222. Firstly, is there anything which would preclude this from > working? As I see it, these are two different MAC addresses and to the > outside world should look as two different hosts, right?
depends on what you mean by "work". There will only be one default route out of the box. > * With both NICs connected to different switches, everything appears to > work, BUT, if igb2 cable is disconnected, pings to igb3 simply stop, > even though its cable *is* still connected. This sounds like your default route is going via igb2. You can make this work with ipfw rules (and I guess also setfib, although I have not tried that.) Lars _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
