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From: Geoff Mohler <gemohler@phoenix.net>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Dual Ethernet Cards
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 1996 14:42:49 -0700
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Brian Somers wrote:

> : How can I have two cards, and two default gateways with
> : FreeBSD 2.1.5.
> 
> You can't.  The default gateway is the target for all packets that havn't
> got a specific entry in your routing table.  It doesn't make sense to have
> two defaults.  Have a look at the route man page - it's a bit cryptic
> unless you already know what it says ......
> 
> What specifically are you trying to achieve ?

I am hosting two very large ftp and www sites on once machine..a machine
that has
plenty of capacity for it.

But I want to multihome this machine and its services, across two
physical
ethernet cards, and two networks.  But I do not want to route between
the two.

Geoff