Subject: not possible to have two "external" nics?
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Henry Nelson <henry@irm.nara.kindai.ac.jp>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 08/22/2000 00:32:00
Still working on setting up two "external" nics in one machine,
each with their own global IP address, and each translated to a
range of IP addresses on one internal net (ep0).

I find that one of the LAN cards (ex0) takes precedence over the
other (fxp0), i.e., with both active I can only write ipnat.conf
rules that apply to ex0.  Only when ex0 is down will anything go
through fxp0, and then everthing is fine.

What causes this?  About the only difference I see between the two
is that ifconfig has NOTRAILERS for ex0, but not for fxp0.

Are there compatibility problems between nics when trying to do
something like this, or is it that it simply can't be done period?

henry nelson