From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Peter Jones <pjones@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 20:20:19 +0000
Subject: Re: Multi Happy Meal Ethernet problem
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Oh, right, ethernet domain.  Still, this shouldn't have that effect unless
you're doing something thats requiring arp to function correctly.  Normal
TCP/IP stuff is still going to depend on routing tables.  

Although, this brings up a reasonable point -- if they're all on the same
IP subnet, then you may very well only notice one of them getting traffic.

 -- Peter

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
		-- Arthur C. Clarke

On Fri, 26 Mar 1999, Miguel Barreiro Paz wrote:

> 
> > > As far as I know, each ethernet connection from a given system must be in a 
> > > different domain, otherwise one default connection (usually eth0) always 
> > > defines that system's interface. 
> > > 
> > > David
> > 
> > Um.... I'm failing to see how that makes any sense at all.  If he's got
> > individual IPs for each of the cards, and he's got a route for each of
> > them, then they _should_ all work.  DNS doesn't have anything to do
> > with that.
> > 
> >  -- Peter
> 
> 	Unless PCI suns are any different, the hardware MAC address for
> ethernet cards on sparc depends on the machine hostid. So, if you have 3
> cards, they all share a common MAC address. It's OK if they are not in the
> same _ethernet_ domain (not the same DNS domain). 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Miguel
> 
>