[1754] in linux-net channel archive
Re: Static vs dynamic routing from ISP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Al Longyear)
Wed Jan 31 14:42:15 1996
From: longyear@netcom.com (Al Longyear)
To: cjwoods@paladin.com (Chris Woods)
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 18:21:50 -0800 (PST)
Cc: jonathan@nrgup.com, ecloud@goodnet.com, linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960130090335.12541C-100000@bifrost.paladin.com> from "Chris Woods" at Jan 30, 96 09:05:46 am
Chris Woods wrote:
>
> On Mon, 29 Jan 1996, Jonathan Bradshaw wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > I have 6 IP addresses assigned to my dialin. Its a static route.
>
> I assume that you have a single subnet, rather than 6 diverse, separate IP
> addresses. If your case is the latter, I'd like to see how they did it;
> that'd be a neat trick. (i.e., you cannot "route" a bunch of IP addresses,
> you can only route a network or a subnet.)
Yes you can. It is no so neat of a trick.
It is called having six "host" routes; you know, the ones WITHOUT the -net
option.
The other option is to have a three bit netmask and use only six of the eight
possible addresses.
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