Re: dual nic interface

On Fri, 2007-01-19 at 10:08 -0700, Nathan Aubrey wrote:
> All,
>
> I have a new server which has a broadcom netxtreme II nic with dual ports.
> The ports are numbered physically on the box port1 and port2
> eth0 = port2
>
> I assumed eth1 = port1
> But when I assign each an IP address, both addresses are only visible through
> port 2.
> I hope this makes sense.
>
> port 1 = 10.0.1.75
> port 2 = 10.0.1.9
>
> I only plug a network cable into port 2
> I can ping both IP addresses. If I plug a cable into port 1 I cannot ping
> anything.
>
> This is a Dell PowerEdge with the TCP/IP Offload system, which is dis-abled. I
> am not familiar with offload engine, is the other port only used with this
> system?
>
> I assumed the dual nic interface just meant I could use each interface
> uniquely... Am I wrong? I typically use dual nics, but wanted to try this
> one.
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what is output of ifconfig?

Craig

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