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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:15876 comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip:6765 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!unixhub!news.Stanford.EDU!rescomp.Stanford.EDU!yoda From: yoda@rescomp.Stanford.EDU (Terry Lee) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip Subject: Point to Point over Ethernet? Date: 12 Jan 1995 23:49:47 GMT Organization: Stanford University Lines: 20 Message-ID: <3f4f6r$gq0@nntp.Stanford.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: rescomp.stanford.edu PPP allows the two point computers to share the same internet address right? So if I have my BSD system running PPP to my internet service provider, I can run local PPP connections to this central BSD system sharing the same IP address assigned by the ISP without having to pay for class C assignment. Right? The real question: Is there any way to accomplish this (sharing one IP address accross a small lan) using ethernet as the medium instead of serial lines in a star-lan configuration? Ideally, a central BSD system hooked up to the internet, and Windows and Macs on ethernet accessing the internet via the central server sharing the same IP address. Possible? Also, anyone know of a PLIP client for MS Windoze, or other TCP/IP over parallel port that will work between a BSD system and a Windoze for Workgroups workstation? And can PLIP ans SLIP share the same IP address as the "host" like PPP can? Terry