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From: tron@lyssa.owl.de (Matthias Scheler)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: Running several networking cards in one system?
Date: 18 Jan 1997 16:31:01 +0100
Organization: Privates Internet Ost-Westfalen-Lippe
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In article <5b05fe$4aj@innocence.interface-business.de>,
j@ida.interface-business.de (J Wunsch) writes:
> What do you mean by `load balancing'? Use two NICs with the same IP
> address (on different wires, i suppose)?
It's not even possible with two IP addresses.
> Every interface needs a distinct IP address (with the exception
> that for pointopoint links (SLIP, PPP), ...
Not exactly correct. You can use one IP address on one network interface
e.g. Ethernet and as many point to point interfaces as you want.
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Matthias Scheler http://colwyn.owl.de/~tron/