johnmay Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 If I have two network interfaces defined in the OS X Network control panel, assigned to two separate subnets, with Retrospect backing up machines on both subnets, is Retrospect smart enough to use the appropriate interface, or does it always go out over the primary one? If it always uses the primary, what if I use two separate physical NICs? Will it then go out over the appropriate ethernet interface? Finally, is 8's behavior on any of this different than 6.1's? Thanks! - John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 Retrospect will use the default interface until you go into Retrospect>Preferences>Network and change the Connection in the top box by using the +. Then you can add clients using a different interface via Sources. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnmay Posted March 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 OK, cool. Any way to do similar on 6.1, or does it just always use the default interface? Will it address multiple hardware NICs? - John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 8.0 uses multiple hardware NICs using the directions I provided above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnmay Posted March 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 I'm confused - do I have to use multiple hardware NICs to be able to select a host by interface? Or can I just set up multiple interfaces on the same hardware NIC, assigned to different subnets, and use your instructions to choose between them? And, so, none of this is possible on 6.1? And, if that's the case, does 6.1 only access the default interface/NIC? - John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 By configuring Retrospect to see multiple IP addresses, you can route your client traffic to the interface you select when the client is being logged in. If you use only a default interface, Retrospect will route traffic using whatever the Mac uses for that default. If you want subnet broadcast features, then add subnets to Retrospect and login clients in those subnets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnmay Posted March 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 OK, so can you answer my question about how 6.1 behaves? - John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 6.1 uses whatever the default interface is on the Mac. It can not use multiple IP addresses at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnmay Posted March 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 OK, great! Thanks! - John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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