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Date:      Sat, 14 Nov 1998 16:54:30 +0100 (CET)
From:      Leif Neland <root@swimsuit.internet.dk>
To:        Jesper Skriver <jesper@skriver.dk>
Cc:        freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: two routers back to back: Do they need real ip-adresses?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811141652270.283-100000@gina.swimsuit.internet.dk>
In-Reply-To: <19981113090526.A10967@skriver.dk>

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On Fri, 13 Nov 1998, Jesper Skriver wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 13, 1998 at 01:29:52AM +0100, Leif Neland wrote:
> > We had to put in a cisco 1605 router (with 2 ethernet ports) between our
> > net and our isp supplying our backbone connection.
> > 
> > The "ethernet", which is only a crossed 10BT cable between the two
> > routers, does it need real ip adresses?
> > 
> > 
> >              +-----------+      +-----------+     +----+  -----
> >  --our net---+ E0     E1 +------+ E0     S0 |-----+    |   \
> >    3C's      |   1605    |  	|   100x    |     |    +----
> >              +-----------+   ^  +-----------+	  +----+
> > 			     |
> >                      Can I use 192.168.1.0-adresses here?
> > 	             Or even unnumbered ip?
> > 
> > Our uplink isp wants us to subnet one of our C's in a /30, is this really
> > nessecary?
> 
> You can't use unnumbered on broadcast media aka ethernet, so you need to
> assign addresses to the interfaces, 

Not even on a full duplex 10BT cable? Receiver A will only get data from
Transmitter B and vice versa.

Leif



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