On 09/30/10 20:07, Christopher Koeber wrote: > Hello, > > I have a system with two network cards. The cards are configured for > DHCP for two separate networks and they get their respective IP > addresses from the different DCHP servers. > > The problem is that the network access on <I>either</I> network is > sporatic at best. The networks are as follows: > > First, my network config file: > > <B>/etc/conf.d/net</B> > > ----------------------------- > # This blank configuration will automatically use DHCP for any net.* > # scripts in /etc/init.d. To create a more complete configuration, > # please review /etc/conf.d/net.example and save your configuration > # in /etc/conf.d/net (this file :]!). > config_eth0=( "dhcp" ) > dhcpcd_eth0="-N" > config_eth1=( "dhcp" ) > dhcpcd_eth1="-N" > ----------------------------- > > > <B>ETH0:</B> > This is on a Gigabit network and I rarely, if ever, get access on this > network. This is an add-in card that I added after the initial installation. > > Here is the ifconfig of eth0 > ----------------------------- > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:26:f2:ac:c9:df > inet addr:10.10.50.68 Bcast:10.10.50.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > inet6 addr: fe80::226:f2ff:feac:c9df/64 Scope:Link > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:69584 errors:0 dropped:492 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:2291 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:5631144 (5.3 MiB) TX bytes:237966 (232.3 KiB) > Interrupt:23 Base address:0xc000 > ----------------------------- > > <B>ETH1:</B> > This is on a 10/100 network and I get access sporatically on this > network. This card is a built-in card. > > Here is the ifconfig of eth1 > ----------------------------- > eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:b0:d0:fc:51:c7 > inet addr:10.60.1.1 Bcast:10.60.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0 > inet6 addr: fe80::2b0:d0ff:fefc:51c7/64 Scope:Link > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:640794 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:57388 errors:2 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:2 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:63730861 (60.7 MiB) TX bytes:17820579 (16.9 MiB) > ----------------------------- > > Now, both networks neet to be operational as I would like for the system > itself to be able to contact both networks and run services for each > network. However, the networks will NOT be bridged by the server in > question. > > When i originally set up the system everything worked fine. > > What do I need to do to make sure the system communicates to the > networks in question? > > Thank you for your time.
Christopher, it would be helpful to see your network stack information. What does "netstat -nr" tell you? Are you getting two default gateways? That's a good way to get bad behaviour.
