From: Jeff D. <jd...@ka...> - 2001-06-15 22:20:34
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wst...@po... said: > All I've read about IP says either of the following configurations is > legal on a host with multiple IP interfaces: > a) each IF has it's own IP address. > b) two or more of the IF's use the same IP address. > It can make routing and network design a little fun, but can serve to > reduce the number of needed IP's. OK, I'll buy it. Routing to devices instead of IPs eliminates some error cases anyway. > Keep in mind that even if you don't apply the above patch, the tap > device will still have a mac address; the only difference is that > every tap defaults to FE:FD:00:00:00:00 if memory serves. Yeah, I know. That's why I'm not enthused about spending code to assign the tap device a MAC. It's effectively on a private two-node ethernet strand where FE:FD:00:00:00:00 is a fine address. Jeff |