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In article <BOB.92Nov10094722@volitans.MorningStar.Com>, bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield) writes:
B.Sutterfield|>  In article <1992Nov9.050242.16958@hawkmoon.mn.org>\
B.Sutterfield|>  det@hawkmoon.mn.org (Derek Terveer) writes:
B.Sutterfield|>  Can I connect one machine on one network, say 183.100.1.1 to
B.Sutterfield|>  another machine on another network, say 142.49.1.18; or must\
B.Sutterfield|>  both
B.Sutterfield|>  machines be one the same network?

B.Sutterfield|>  Sure, no problem. Just tell your PPP link about each end's IP
B.Sutterfield|>  address. None of the addresses are related to any other IP\
B.Sutterfield|>  address in
B.Sutterfield|>  either your address space of that of your peer. Each IP\
B.Sutterfield|>  interface is
B.Sutterfield|>  independent of any others on the same machine, so it can use\
B.Sutterfield|>  the same
B.Sutterfield|>  address as some other interface, different addresses in the\
B.Sutterfield|>  same
B.Sutterfield|>  subnet, different addresses in the same network, or something\
B.Sutterfield|>  you've
B.Sutterfield|>  pulled out of thin air.

B.Sutterfield|>  For example, our link to the world looks like
B.Sutterfield|>  du0: flags=0x51<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING>
B.Sutterfield|>  inet 137.175.1.1 --> 38.146.20.1 netmask ffff0000
B.Sutterfield|>  The netmask is incidental and ignored.


Bob - Except when you are routing packets to one via the other from the Internet
	and vice versa. You need to get a NIC registered IP address. Also, if
	these point to point links are hooking up networks which are subnetted
	then you will need proper masks for routing packets; correct?

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