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From: j@ida.interface-business.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: Running several networking cards in one system?
Date: 15 Jan 1997 12:14:43 GMT
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mschmidt@me-tech.PFM-Mainz.de (Michael Schmidt) wrote:

> > Many, since your initial question wasn't clear and didn't mention
> > this.  I tend to claim that this `load balancing' is fairly
> > incompatible with the commonly agreed way IP works.
> 
> It has been a very clear question. I have been asking for running several  
> networking cards in one system and I got a lot of feedback of friendly  
> people, it *is* a very clear question.

Yep, and the answer to _this_ question is ``yes'', but this didn't
help you in the end.  You can have a dozen of network cards in a BSD
system (but not in a PC, since you'll run out of IRQ lines :).

-- 
J"org Wunsch					       Unix support engineer
joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de       http://www.interface-business.de/~j