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- From: mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de (Michael van Elst)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.audio
- Subject: Re: IP aliasing
- Date: 20 Feb 1996 11:08:02 +0100
- Organization: dis-
- Message-ID: <4gc6i2$fm1@serpens.rhein.de>
- References: <4farkg$2pc@csusac.ecs.csus.edu> <4g1lsd$bt4@serpens.rhein.de> <4g7lnp$p4q@news.jhu.edu> <4g7qtd$d0@serpens.rhein.de> <4g99va$2b9@news.jhu.edu>
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- robodude@deanwong.rad.jhu.edu (Zsolt Szabo) writes:
-
- >>>Nevertheless, it's netmasking that's used in conjunction with SLIP/PPP,
- >>>not ip aliasing.
- >>
- >>Both is used and the original poster explicitely requested ip aliasing.
-
- >Still, the most sensible solution to his particular problem is a subnet,
- >i.e. netmasking.
-
- No. A subnet is no solution because a subnet has to be routed. The original
- poster explicitely requested ip aliasing _so that the provider does not
- have to route another ip address_.
-
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