On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, Robert L Cochran wrote: > I was recently issued a second IP address of bbb.bbb.bbb.bbb through my > ISP. This is over DSL. I just want to clarify an issue with delivery of > data on this IP address. I will get data for this IP through the same > phone line and the same DSL modem that I presently have, is this right > right? > > I currently have a Red Hat 9-based firewall computer which successfully > routes data between my first IP address (aaa.aaa.aaa.aaa) and the > internal home network. It is an old computer that has 2 ethernet cards > installed on it. Do I need to change my kernel routing table on that > machine to accomodate the new IP, or do I need a 3rd ethernet card in > addition to routing table changes and firewall script changes? > > Thanks for your advice. I do not often do this sort of thing so I'm > inexperienced. You don't actually need any additional hardware. Just use the "ip" command to use the additional IP on the same ethernet interface. -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org:2000 To be notified of updates to the web site, visit http://www.bubbanfriends.org/mailman/listinfo/site-update, or send a message to: site-update-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with a message of: subscribe -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
