dual nic interface

[Nathan Aubrey]

On Friday 19 January 2007 10:22, you wrote:
> 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.
>
> ----
> what is output of ifconfig?
>
> Craig


eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:18:8B:74:A3:B5
          inet addr:10.0.1.9  Bcast:10.0.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:388 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:202 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:41375 (40.4 Kb)  TX bytes:30067 (29.3 Kb)
          Interrupt:16 Memory:f4000000-f4011100

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:18:8B:74:A3:B3
          inet addr:10.0.1.75  Bcast:10.255.255.255  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:80 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:7204 (7.0 Kb)  TX bytes:64 (64.0 b)
          Interrupt:16 Memory:f8000000-f8011100

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:269 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:269 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:30288 (29.5 Kb)  TX bytes:30288 (29.5 Kb)


I can ping both IP addresses with only eth0 plugged in.

nathan
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