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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!jussieu.fr!ensta!itesec!sidhe.frmug.fr.net!not-for-mail From: roberto@keltia.freenix.fr (Ollivier Robert) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: TWO 3Com 3c579 with FreeBSD - will that work ? Date: 23 Nov 1995 11:14:30 GMT Organization: Herve Schauer Consultants Lines: 32 Message-ID: <491l2m$kne@sidhe.cedocar.fr> References: <480k8l$ng8@overload.lbl.gov> <1995Nov20.112536.8897@hasler.ascom.ch> Reply-To: roberto@hsc.fr.net (Ollivier Robert) NNTP-Posting-Host: sidhe.cedocar.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Keywords: 3COM EISA-Ethernet-boards 2742 SCSI-controller In article <1995Nov20.112536.8897@hasler.ascom.ch>, Norbert Bladt <nbladt@autelca.ascom.ch> wrote: > I am planning to do a test with 2.1 (whatever SNAP is available tomorrow) > with a system which has, up to now, just one 3C579 (yes the EISA version) > and the Adaptec 2742 SCSI controller in slot 9. It should work. > Will that now work with this version of FreeBSD ? > Later, there will be another 3C579 in this system. > Will that work, too ? Yes. > Can I configure a FreeBSD kernel in that way, that absolutely > no data is routed between both Ethernet-Networks ? By default, i you do not set the /etc/sysconfig's parameter gateway to YES, the kernel will not forward packets. Look at the sysctl variable named net.inet.ip.forwarding, it is set to 0 by default. sysctl net.inet.ip.forwarding to display the value. [ Cc'ed to Norbert ] -- Ollivier ROBERT -=-=- FreeBSD 2.x FAQ maintainer -=-=- roberto@freebsd.org -=-=-=-=-=- Support The Free UNIX Systems ! FreeBSD Linux NetBSD -=-=-=-=-=-