Peter Chubb wrote:
>
> I have a box here with two interfaces, each on a different subnet.
> One of these interfaces is public, and appears in DNS. The other is
> private, and is meant to be used for local boot-time file serving and DHCP.
I gather this is something to do with DHCP giving out its public address
onto the private network.
Normally, the boxen on the private address only need to know about the
address of the private interface.
>
> When the private interface is brought up, other machines with
> interfaces on the private network can no longer talk to the box.
Are you saying that can talk to "the box" before the private interface
is brought up?
Are they on physically different subnets?
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