[H-GEN] Re: Unix vs NT (religious war :-)

[Ben Fowler]

(Note reply-to: being general at humbug.org.au vs Ben Fowler <b1.fowler at student.qut.edu.au>)

On Mon, 2 Aug 1999, root wrote:

> (Note reply-to: being general at humbug.org.au vs root <dougy at gargoyle.apana.org.au>)
> Isn't an IP address related to a host rather than an interface
> or is there more jiggery pokery to it than that ??

IPs are _always_ assigned to network interfaces, _not_ hosts.  This is an
important point!

If you've got a box with 5 ethernet cards, one on each of 5 networks,
it's going to have _5_ IPs.  The box is seen as a host on each of the 5
networks.  You can then configure your computer to act as a router between
the 5 networks.  

In your situation, a machine with a PPP interface and an Ethernet card
will have 2 interaces, and _2_ IPs.   The outside world sees your machine
via the PPP interace, and your windows boxes see your machine via the
ethernet interface.  Bothe see _different_ IPs.

> Well I sorta know the commands but like everything in *nix the
> explanations
> in the documentation leave an awful lot unexplained

The problem with Windows is that it by-and-large hides all this, and makes
your job a bit more difficult.  You need to know a thing or two about how
the system works before you can really start operating it properly.  You
learn a little of the theory, and a lot of the practice falls into place.

Photography is a good example.  You can get away with taking photos with a
crappy point-n-click job, but if you know a thing or two about what you're
doing and use the right tools, you become far more effective (take better
pictures).

Hope this helps.

- warmest regards,

Ben.

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