On Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 09:07:10PM -0700, Bryan Phillippe
wrote:
> On Apr 15, 2007, at 11:29 AM, Greg Troxel wrote:
> >> I'm trying to test an ethernet switch. I
have a single workstation
> >> that already has multiple NICs in it, and
I'd like to be able to
> >> use it for this purpose. In addition to
saving space & power, it
> >> will also be easier if I only have to manage
a single system.
[...]
> % ifconfig tlp0 ; ifconfig tlp1
> tlp0:
flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu
1500
> address: 00:00:e8:13:40:cd
> media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX
full-duplex)
> status: active
> inet 192.168.0.1 netmask 0xfffffffc broadcast
192.168.0.3
> inet6 fe80::200:e8ff:fe13:40cd%tlp0 prefixlen
64 scopeid 0x2
> tlp1:
flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu
1500
> address: 00:00:e8:13:89:d3
> media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX
full-duplex)
> status: active
> inet 192.168.0.2 netmask 0xfffffffc broadcast
192.168.0.3
> inet6 fe80::200:e8ff:fe13:89d3%tlp1 prefixlen
64 scopeid 0x3
Not sure exactly what "trying to test an ethernet
switch" means you're
trying to do, but I always thought you couldn't have two
nics on the
same network on the same machine other than using the
'alias' mechanism.
Have things changed since the days I was doing that (8-9
years ago)?
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