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

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(Note reply-to: being general at humbug.org.au vs root <dougy at gargoyle.apana.org.au>)


> 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.
> 
>
OK  ..... The ppp0 IP address can't be changed easily, so what you are
saying is I need to somehow find another IP address for the eth0
connection ??

I was hoping to avoid a bit of routing table fidding by using the same
IP address twice ...... apparently thats not a good idea ??

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