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From: brian@anorak.coverform.lan (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD dialin Server routing ?
Date: 13 Dec 1996 02:09:57 -0000
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In article <32AF2BA8.4453@ozemail.com.au>,
Jon Harsem II <flakey@ozemail.com.au> writes:
[.....]
: Two questions :
: 1. Can iijppp and the NIC on the FreeBSD machine have the same IP
: address ?
Yep - just ignore the warnings in 2.2 and above.
: 2. Is this the way to do it .. ?
Not IMHO, but I know of several people that would argue this. I think
from a "purist" point of view, no two interfaces should have the same
IP, but having duplicates certainly makes life easier.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>, <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk/>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
.