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- From: robodude@deanwong.rad.jhu.edu (Zsolt Szabo)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.audio
- Subject: Re: IP aliasing
- Date: 22 Feb 1996 07:24:23 GMT
- Organization: The Dungeon
- Message-ID: <4gh5n7$6kk@news.jhu.edu>
- References: <4farkg$2pc@csusac.ecs.csus.edu> <4gc6i2$fm1@serpens.rhein.de> <4gcv49$fvf@news.jhu.edu> <4gdg4f$ib8@serpens.rhein.de>
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- In article <4gdg4f$ib8@serpens.rhein.de>,
- Michael van Elst <mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de> wrote:
-
- >>Not so. Subnets are completely transparent from the provider's
- >>perspective.
- >
- >This is plain _wrong_.
-
- Then I suggest that you read a few books on networking.
-
-
- >>That's the whole point of a subnet--having a single address
- >>class which you can then break up as you like.
- >
- >Yes, _class_. But what happens when you have a _single address_
- >like the original poster ?
-
- He never specified that condition.
-
- >It does work in a limited way.
-
- False. If all computers have the same ip address there is no way to
- distinguish between them. They all receive the same information
- regardless of whether it was meant for them.
-
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