[SunHELP] How to Install 2nd NIC and assign IP to it

[Warren Brennan]

That sounds odd. A default gateway is where to send the packets if there are
no specific routes defined. How could one have 2 default gateways?

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	william.x.ng at verizon.com [SMTP:william.x.ng at verizon.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, March 22, 2001 1:50 PM
> To:	sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> Subject:	RE: [SunHELP] How to Install 2nd NIC and assign IP to it
> 
> 
> As what I know, you can add one or more gateway on /etc/defaultrouter, you
> just need WHITE space to separate them. Currently I have machine with two
> NIC cards with two different gateways on /etc/defaultrouter, and it works
> fine.
> 
> Will
> 
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> "Warren Brennan" <WBrennan at clearnet.com>@sunhelp.org on 03/22/2001
> 01:04:28
> AM
> 
> Please respond to sunhelp at sunhelp.org
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> To:   "'sunhelp at sunhelp.org'" <sunhelp at sunhelp.org>
> cc:
> Subject:  RE: [SunHELP] How to Install 2nd NIC and assign IP to it
> 
> 
> 
> The installation and configuration of the second NIC is actually quite
> simple. You simply put the NIC into the system, boot up and do the
> following:
> 
> 1) create a /etc/hostname.hme1 (assuming this is hme, and not qfe (quad
> fast
> ethernet) and insert a hostname
> 2) modify the /etc/hosts file and insert the hostname used above and the
> IP
> address
> 3) modify /etc/netmasks to insert the new netmask
> 
> You can only assign one default gateway (/etc/defaultrouter) to the
> system.
> If you need another gateway, you would need to insert a line into the
> inetsvc RC script to run the route command.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Warren
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:   Tim Wu VBISD [SMTP:tim at vbisd.org]
> > Sent:   Wednesday, March 21, 2001 11:33 AM
> > To:     sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> > Subject:     [SunHELP] How to Install 2nd NIC and assign IP to it
> >
> > Hi,
> >        I want to try ipfilter on the box.  So I need to add 2nd card to
> > my box and assign a 10.X.X.X ip on it. Can anyone tell me how to install
> > 2nd network card and which file should I modify to assign ip, mask,
> > gateway... to the interface.
> > Thanks
> > Tim
> >
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