[TriLUG] [BGLUG] problems with multiple interfaces on a RHEL5.5 x64 machine

Warren Myers volcimaster at gmail.com
Wed Nov 9 15:32:25 EST 2011


Hi Seva

First, there was another line that was needed - "NETWORK=172.17.11.0"

As to the use case, there are five NICs on the device - two on each of two
networks, and one on another.

WMM

On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 15:20, Seva A <oddissyus at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just curious on a use case where you would need to configure both devices
> in the same
> subnet!
>
> Default gateway is going to be bound to a single device, so all out going
> data (including
> those in the same subnet) will be routed though this gateway. Of course,
> the respective
> devices receive their in-bound data separately; is this the reason for this
> configuration?
>
> __
> Seva
>
>
>



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