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Re: PPP between different networks? (i.e., 183... & 142...)

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From: Rob Freyder
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 20:37
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In <1992Nov17.202318.24067@hawkmoon.mn.org> det@hawkmoon.mn.org (Derek Terveer) writes:

>Rob Freyder (rob@hp11) wrote:
>: [ Stuff Deleted ]
>: 
>: >Sure, no problem.  Just tell your PPP link about each end's IP
>: >address.  None of the addresses are related to any other IP address in
>: >either your address space of that of your peer.  Each IP interface is
>: >independent of any others on the same machine, so it can use the same
>: >address as some other interface, different addresses in the same
>:             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ?
>: 
>: You mean if I have multiple PPP interfaces configured on a single machine
>: they can all have the same IP address ?!  Doesnt it get confused ?
>: rob@marley.aws.waii.com

>When you say multiple PPP interfaces do you mean multiple /dev/ entries
>like /dev/ppp[0-4], for example?  Or do you mean something else that one

Yes. /dev/ppp[0-4]

>would have to configure into the code?  Right now, just to try and get
>my ppp stuff working i have configured my machine to have the same
>internet network portion (142.49.30.1) as the system at work that i am

Hmm.  I  was  going  to use a different subnet for my remote ppp hosts and
the  ppp  devices on the local host. The local host might have an ethernet
at  142.49.30.1  and  the ppp devices at 142.49.31.1 with the remote hosts
being 142.49.31.[2-254]


Rob.

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Subject: Re: PPP between different networks? (i.e., 183... & 142...)
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