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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!palms.znet.net.au!nigel From: nigel@znet.net.au (Nigel Gorry) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Two devices with same IP Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 00:46:43 Organization: Zed.Net Internet Services Lines: 27 Message-ID: <nigel.20.0000C75A@znet.net.au> References: <56ltqk$nhv@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> <56lvvc$62f$1@gail.ripco.com> <32920988.63E7@www.play-hookey.com> <571pde$mp8@sf18.dseg.ti.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: palms.znet.net.au X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] >>Sorry, brian, but no. From my /etc/sysconfig file: >> >> >>network_interfaces="cuaa1 lnc0 lo0" >>ifconfig_cuaa1="inet 206.161.179.129 netmask 255.255.255.224" >>ifconfig_lnc0="inet 206.161.179.129 netmask 255.255.255.224 mtu 1006" >>ifconfig_lo0="inet localhost" >> >>Seems to still be working fine. >One should never assume that software (or a system configuration) is bug-free >due to the absence of observable errors. It might prove interesting to do >some low-level traces and see what's really happening. An ifconfig -a on my machine show that I have the same IP address for both my NIC and PPP interfaces. This works as a router with the default route being via the remote side of the PPP link. ed0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 inet 203.61.202.20 netmask 0xfffffff0 broadcast 203.61.202.31 lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 tun0: flags=8051<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 inet 203.61.202.20 --> 203.61.202.1 netmask 0xffffff00