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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: Multiple Network IP's on one NIC?
Date: 5 Aug 1996 11:22:19 +0100
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Brian G. (briang@access5.digex.net) wrote:
: Can you run multiple network IP addresses (from two different Class C
: subnets) with a single network card in BSDI 2.1?

Using "alias" as J"org says.

: What needs to be done to have BSDI serve as the router/gateway between
: the two Class C subnets?

Hang on, if you want the same NIC to talk to both subnets, routing is
useless - you can't route something back onto a wire that it came off -
it's already been there.....

Do you by any chance want to be able to massage the source/target IP
numbers and spit packets back out on the same wire ?

--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....