> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 12:34:20 +1030 (CST)
>
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>
> The alternative is, as you say Jimi, that you misheard, and your Dad
> meant that a single machine has multiple IP addresses.
>
> > On Tue, Dec 14, 1999 at 05:14:04PM -0500, Jimi Aleshin wrote:
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> >> 2 machines are able to have the same IP address on their own local network.
> >> I don't know if this is true or not? By the way, those computers are not
Actually, it is quite easy for a machine to have multiple IP addresses
on the same network... Multiple interfaces plugged into the same
network... I have one such machine (Server, of course). It has three
100BaseT interfaces plugged into one network... Not an optimal setup
by any means, but it works...
Having multiple interfaces on the same network does cause problems
though. Data packets that come in on any interface always go out
through the interface with the default route... This causes one
interface to be slightly overloaded... Unless the software on the
machine 'tags' the data so that the OS 'remembers' which interface the
request came in on...
Oh well...
Regards,
Gregory Hicks
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