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  2. From: barefoot@nmia.com (Kristofer D. Dale)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.audio
  4. Subject: Re: IP aliasing
  5. Date: 20 Feb 1996 21:02:45 GMT
  6. Organization: New Mexico Internet Access
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  12. : >>>Nevertheless, it's netmasking that's used in conjunction with SLIP/PPP, 
  13. : >>>not ip aliasing.
  14. : >>
  15. : >>Both is used and the original poster explicitely requested ip aliasing.
  16. : 
  17. : >Still, the most sensible solution to his particular problem is a subnet, 
  18. : >i.e. netmasking.
  19. : 
  20. : No. A subnet is no solution because a subnet has to be routed. The original
  21. : poster explicitely requested ip aliasing _so that the provider does not
  22. : have to route another ip address_.
  23.  
  24. how about routing this bickering to a pertinent newsgroup? ;^]
  25.  
  26.                                                   barefoot
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