[rescue] Trouble with two network cards on SS2

rescue at sunhelp.org rescue at sunhelp.org
Fri Aug 17 23:52:27 CDT 2001


On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, Valentine wrote:

This is a VERY frequently asked question and answers are available in
several FAQ's.

> Bot of the NIC cards (on-board and sbus) have the same MAC address....

This is normal (and even preferred, depending on the rev of the ethernet
standard).  Older Sun ethernet cards have no onboard address.

> and I assume because of that routing is done very poorly.

Incorrect, unless you are hooking both interfaces to the same segment
(rare) or are using a broken switch.

> What can i do about this?

It's not a problem in normal use.

-James




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