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Re: [cobalt-users] Second NIC - Is it connected?
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Second NIC - Is it connected?
- From: "Rik Thomas" <rikt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon Aug 27 12:54:35 2001
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniele Gubert" <dtm@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 8:47 PM
Subject: [cobalt-users] Second NIC - Is it connected?
> I've noticed my RaQ4i has a second NIC, but it is not configured with
> any IP. How do I tell if the second Network Interface is actually
> connected to the network?
>
> My ISP says it is a virtual Interface, but why does it have a MAC
> address then? What happens if I try to configure the NIC with one o
> my IPs and the network is not plugged in?
>
> Thanx, :DTM.
No that is not a virtual interface and don't assign an IP to it if it is not
plugged in to a port, you will just be wasteing an IP address. The reason
they are telling you that it is "virtual" is that they would have to plug it
in to anther port on the switch, if you want that redundancy be prepared to
pay for it.