On Friday 04 June 2004 13:54, Dege, Robert C. wrote: >Thank you all for the prompt replies. I was hoping that this would > be a simple task of telling amanda what interface to communicate > on. But because I have 2 interfaces on the same subnet, this > forces me to alter how the system itself routes data using the 2 > interfaces. > >Right now, the system is currently in use by the company, so I can't > start futzing with the networking on the machine. Instead, I'm > going to keep this on the back-burner for a later time. > >-Rob
Humm, a 'service network restart' only takes a couple of seconds per NIC, and you should always make a backup of any file you modify before you modify it just so the recovery is as simple as mv'ing the original back, and doing a restart. Theres a fair chance nobody will notice unless you have to resort to the recover and restart. >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Nicki Messerschmidt, Linksystem Muenchen GmbH >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 4:59 AM >> To: Dege, Robert C. >> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Re: Multiple NICs >> >> Dege, Robert C. said the following: >> > Our amanda server has 2 NICs in it, each with separate IPs. >> > We're running 2.4.22 kernel, RedHat 9, Amanda 2.4.4p1. >> > We'd like to back up a particular machine over the second NIC >> > exclusively; is there a way to do that? We want our 1 NIC to be >> > dedicated for NFS, and the other NIC to be dedicated for Amanda >> > traffic. >> > Both NICs on the server are on the same subnet, and the IP of >> > our client systems are on that subnet as well. >> > Any hints, suggestions, or "point me at some docs" are >> > appreciated. >> >> How about setting a host route via the one seperate >> interface? Otherwise >> there could be a possibility setting an extended route vi the >> "ip route" >> command (source routing). >> >> >> Cheers >> Nicki >> >> -- >> Linksystem Muenchen GmbH [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Schloerstrasse 10 http://www.link-m.de >> 80634 Muenchen Tel. 089 / 890 518-0 >> We make the Net work. Fax 089 / 890 518-77 >> PGP Keys: https://www.link-m.de/pgp/ -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.23% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attorneys please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2004 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
