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- From: adiwan@bbn.com (Arif Diwan)
- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.ppp
- Subject: Re: PPP between different networks? (i.e., 183... & 142...)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.151251@bbn.com>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 20:12:51 GMT
- References: <1992Nov9.050242.16958@hawkmoon.mn.org> <BOB.92Nov10094722@volitans.MorningStar.Com>
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- In article <BOB.92Nov10094722@volitans.MorningStar.Com>, bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield) writes:
- B.Sutterfield|> In article <1992Nov9.050242.16958@hawkmoon.mn.org>\
- B.Sutterfield|> det@hawkmoon.mn.org (Derek Terveer) writes:
- B.Sutterfield|> Can I connect one machine on one network, say 183.100.1.1 to
- B.Sutterfield|> another machine on another network, say 142.49.1.18; or must\
- B.Sutterfield|> both
- B.Sutterfield|> machines be one the same network?
-
- B.Sutterfield|> Sure, no problem. Just tell your PPP link about each end's IP
- B.Sutterfield|> address. None of the addresses are related to any other IP\
- B.Sutterfield|> address in
- B.Sutterfield|> either your address space of that of your peer. Each IP\
- B.Sutterfield|> interface is
- B.Sutterfield|> independent of any others on the same machine, so it can use\
- B.Sutterfield|> the same
- B.Sutterfield|> address as some other interface, different addresses in the\
- B.Sutterfield|> same
- B.Sutterfield|> subnet, different addresses in the same network, or something\
- B.Sutterfield|> you've
- B.Sutterfield|> pulled out of thin air.
-
- B.Sutterfield|> For example, our link to the world looks like
- B.Sutterfield|> du0: flags=0x51<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING>
- B.Sutterfield|> inet 137.175.1.1 --> 38.146.20.1 netmask ffff0000
- B.Sutterfield|> The netmask is incidental and ignored.
-
-
- Bob - Except when you are routing packets to one via the other from the Internet
- and vice versa. You need to get a NIC registered IP address. Also, if
- these point to point links are hooking up networks which are subnetted
- then you will need proper masks for routing packets; correct?
-
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- -- Arif Diwan (adiwan@bbn.com)
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