From: Debby Ar (debby_ar@YAHOO.COM)
Date: Tue May 04 2004 - 15:16:56 EDT
There is no problem configuring multiple nics with
addresses in the same subnet. The issue is that it
often does not accomplish what you really want. The
primary reason is that when a tcp packet is being sent
outbound, all adapters on the same subnet are treated
as equivalent, so the packet could be sent on any of
them. (Most people trying to do this want the
outbound message to go on a particular adapter, but
there is usually no way to guarantee this when they
are on the same subnet.)
So the real answer depends on why you need to
configure multiple adapters in the first place.
>I know this topic has been asked some time ago... but
>I cannot find that post.
>Can anyone remember why it's difficult to configure
>in one AIX server multiple nic's with addresses in
>the same subnet?
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