Date: Fri, 05 Jul 1996 20:23:36 +0100 From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: M C Wong <mcw@hpato.aus.hp.com>, freebsd-questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: [2.1R] same IP address assigned to ed0 and ppp0 ? Message-ID: <17358.836594616@palmer.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 05 Jul 1996 11:12:06 PDT." <Pine.BSF.3.91.960705111122.11159B-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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Doug White wrote in message ID <Pine.BSF.3.91.960705111122.11159B-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>: > On Fri, 5 Jul 1996, M C Wong wrote: > > > Correct me if I'm wrong: FreeBSD 2.1R supports same IP addresses > > assigned onto different types of network interfaces, in particular a PPP > > interface and an Ethernet interface. > > I don't think so. You can assign multiple addresses to a single > interface, though. I think you can actually, since the routing code (from memory) uses the DESTINATION of a point-to-point link for it's routing decisions. It actually breaks some stuff (multicast I believe), but it SHOULD work fine for normal stuff. Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info
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