[ILUG] Dual Homed Host

[Paul Jakma]

On Fri, 18 May 2001, Ron Owens wrote:

> need access to the NIS server. But NIS requests won't cross the router.

NIS requests themselves will cross routers perfectly well. however,
clients that broadcast to find a NIS server will not see the NIS
server if it isn't on the same segment.

A lot of (relatively new) clients should allow you to specify the
server explicitly, eg linux, IRIX 6.2 and 6.5, etc..

> My solution is to add a second NIC to the box, configure it as a class
> 10 address.
>
> The problem is that when I add the second card, the first stops working.
> Is it a problem with the IRQ settings? If so how do I change them?
>
> Otherwise, any suggestions on the best way to impement this setup?

just configure the clients explicitly with the server name. slightly
more secure too. (as plain NIS can be anyway..)

regards,
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