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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: Running several networking cards in one system?
Date: 18 Jan 1997 22:06:56 GMT
Organization: Private BSD site, Dresden
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tron@lyssa.owl.de (Matthias Scheler) wrote:

> > Every interface needs a distinct IP address (with the exception
> > that for pointopoint links (SLIP, PPP), ...
> 
> Not exactly correct. You can use one IP address on one network interface
> e.g. Ethernet and as many point to point interfaces as you want.

But that's only since the restriction ``moves'' to the remote end's IP
address then, i.e. you can't have two links with the same remote
address.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
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