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Multiple NIC's with fixed IP in DHCP

Hi all,

I am working on freeBSD 5.0 and installed a DHCP server in my machine... Now I have a problem.

I have a machine with two NICs and I want to give them two fixed address. But I don't know how to do it. I am only able to configure only one interface but not both...

e.g.

host Neo {
hardware ethernet 00:55:66:ff:fe:ff;
fixed-address 192.168.0.21;
}

Now for the same host I want to add another fixed-address..... How can I do it....

Thanks in advance
Dennis

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jlevie

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dennis_george

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I have created two separate networks 192.168.2.0/24 and 192.168.1.0/24.

But shouldn't be the host name for the machine should be same ?? (Neo and Neo1)

Or the name is just a placeholder and doesnot effect the hostname of the machine ?

Dennis

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jlevie

> But shouldn't be the host name for the machine should be same ?? (Neo and Neo1)

Those aren't necessarily actual hostnames. They are only tags for the static reservation in DHCP.

dennis_george

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Hi all,

Thankyou for all your responses. I have still one more doubt.....

Suppose in my network I have a machine with two NICs [one wireless and the other one wred]. And that machine will use either one of the card at a time. So can I provide same fixed address two both the interfaces ?

host test {
hardware ethernet 00:55:66:??:??:??;
fixed-address 192.168.0.3;
}

host test1 {
hardware ethernet 00:55:77:??:??:??;
fixed-address 192.168.0.3;
}

Is the above configuration right ? If I put this in the same subnet.....

Dennis

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