[MacTUG] Time Machine, OS X Servers and subnets

[Mike Patterson]

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Oh, it'll work here too, you just want to be *very* careful.

On 23/11/09 2:50 PM, Glenn Anderson wrote:
> I believe Don is looking to support/connect two 129.97.x.y networks to
> the mini.
> 
> From what I have read this does work fine ( properly configured ) at
> other sites, so hopefully UW's network would work as well.
> 
> You are correct that one should talk to one's network support person
> about how to properly configure such a setup.
> 
> On 23-Nov-09, at 2:25 PM, Mike Patterson wrote:
> 
>> I'm not sure what you're thinking here, but if both networks you're
>> thinking of are 129.97.x.y you run a chance of creating a layer 2 loop
>> and causing an outage on the campus network.
>>
>> Tread lightly with machines that have two network interfaces.  :-)
>>
>> Before considering this, I'd talk to your local network admin, assuming
>> that's not yourself.
> 


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