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From: Nathan Dorfman <nathan@senate.org>
Subject: A Few Networking Questions
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I have two questions about networking with FreeBSD machines?

1) If I have a Winbloze95 or OS/2 box (Does it make a difference?), and
a heavenly ;> FreeBSD box, and a single PPP connection to the Internet,
with one IP, can I make both computers able to access the net (provided
of course I have Ethernet cable, cards, and plenty of patience)? Or, if
I save up the money for a Class C (highly improbable) can I make one
machine have one ip and another have the other?

2) Two - can I bind two interfaces (IP's) to the same PPP connection?
E.g. if I have ... I dunno, 31.33.7.1 and 31.33.7.2, is it possible
to have them both attached to ppp0 (if you need to know the reason, it's
strictly vanity related - i would make 1 reverse to limbo.senate.org,
and usable for regular connections, and the other to senate.org, for
IRC and other such-related thingies ... ircII does have a special
bind-to-specific-interface compile-time option...
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