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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!solace!news.stealth.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!solaris.cc.vt.edu!goof.com!usenet From: mmead@goof.com (matthew c. mead) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: IP masquerading Date: 23 Aug 1996 22:54:33 -0400 Organization: Goof Telecommunications Lines: 38 Message-ID: <sa77mqp8pau.fsf@goof.com> References: <4vj9eu$kil@news2.widomaker.com> <4vjfqf$6f1@symiserver2.symantec.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: goof.com X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.2.25/XEmacs 19.14 tedm@agora.rdrop.com writes: > In <4vj9eu$kil@news2.widomaker.com>, exedore@widomaker.com (Exedore) writes: > >I'm going to be leaving for college shortly, and I'd like to set up 2 machines > >(one FreeBSD, and one win 95). But the stingy folk at Virginia Tech only give > >one ethernet jack per room, and one IP address per person. I've solved the > > The easiest way around this is to find someone there who doesen't care if they > have an IP number or not and get them to get an IP number for you. > Or, figure out the network numbering in use and just grab an open number. > If your in a dorm you are probably going to get stomped on yourself sooner or > later and you will probably want to get a list of "known seldom-used" or > "known admin-is-secreting-them-in-reserve" numbers for the times you have > to get on the network and someone already has your number tied up. > > Not a very high-tech solution, but in any large IP network there are always > a percentage of numbers that somehow get assigned to "ye old printer what > died last year and is sitting in ye old closet waiting for someone to anty up > the dough to get it running again" > > Ted > tedm@agora.rdrop.com > As in any situation in life, you need to know who to ask, and how to do it. The ips can be had, and you can probably even swing hanging them off the same port... -matt -- Matthew C. Mead mmead@goof.com http://www.goof.com/~mmead/