Freebsd with multiple nic's

[gahn]

Thnaks Derek:

Well, I shut down what I don't need and I can see
those shared irqs. I guess you are on the point.

My problem is that I can only use Intel pro 10/100
cards.

Is any motherboard that come with flexible BIOS so
that I can play around irqs?

Thanks

--- Derek Ragona <derek at computinginnovations.com>
wrote:

> If the nics are all PCI you may have trouble with
> the shared 
> interrupts.  You may need to use a multiple port
> adapter to get the results 
> you want.
> 
>          -Derek
> 
> 
> At 07:25 PM 2/27/2006, gahn wrote:
> >Thanks Chuck:
> >
> >Yes they are on different lan subnets. I am trying
> to
> >build a freebsd based router that talks to four
> >different subnets.
> >
> >
> >
> >--- Chuck Swiger <cswiger at mac.com> wrote:
> >
> > > gahn wrote:
> > > > I am running Freebsd 5.4 and have problems
> with
> > > > multiple nics.
> > > [ ... ]
> > > > Any help will be greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > Are the NICs all on distinct subnets?
> > >
> > > You can't put two NICs using IPs on the same
> subnet
> > > without taking more complex
> > > issues into consideration like bridging or
> channel
> > > bonding or trunking,
> > > depending on which vendor's terms you'd like to
> use.
> > >
> > > --
> > > -Chuck
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