Re: Network Probs (was Re: Firewall issues)

Rick Warner <[email protected]> Fri, 13 Jun 2003 08:56:50 -0700 (Pacific Standard Time)

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On Fri, 13 Jun 2003, Trey Gruel wrote:

> So it would be alright to have eth1 on the lan and eth2 on the 'net?
> Maybe I will have to give that a shot after all..
>

Yep.  MAC addresses are local to the network they are on; they are never
visible on other networks.   Again, I had administered boxes with up
to 16 interfaces all with the same MAC address (default in the Sun
world).  The interfaces were all on separate nets, so no problem.

- rick warner