Re: Two NICS with same IP and same client IP

Jason Opperisano <opie@xxxxxxxxxxx> · Wed, 02 Feb 2005 09:12:16 -0500

On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 05:28, Raphael Jacquot wrote:
> HervÃ wrote:
> >>having 2 interfaces on the same box with the same IP address
> >>
> >>repeat after me :
> >>
> >>WILL NOT WORK
> > 
> > 
> > Well, I can't see why not. Can you explain?

maybe this is easier to grasp:

  $ cd /var/tmp
  $ mkdir new
  $ mkdir new
  mkdir: cannot create directory `new': File exists

you're trying to do the same thing in the kernel.

-j

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