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Date:      Tue, 11 Apr 1995 13:37:30 EST
From:      M C Wong <mcw@hpato.aus.hp.com>
To:        mcw@hpato.aus.hp.com (M C Wong)
Cc:        wollman@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu, freebsd-questions@freefall.cdrom.com
Subject:   Re: shared IP address ?
Message-ID:  <199504110337.AA193251458@hp.com>
In-Reply-To: <199504102332.AA037136774@hp.com>; from "M C Wong" at Apr 11, 95 9:32 am

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> 
> 
>  FreeBSD                                          Annex router
>  +-----+                                         +-----+
>  |     |-- modem --- ............. --- modem ----|     |
>  +-----+ ^                                     ^ +-----+
>          |                                     |
>  /dev/tty0, sl0, 203.13.47.32            unspecified
> 
> 
> and I was told to do the following :
> 
> 1. connect to the remote modem
> 2. ifconfig sl0 inet up 203.13.47.32 netmask 255.255.255.0
>    Yes, he said it over 10 times or so, this is *NOT* a point-to-point link,
>    and I *MUST* leave the destination IP address out. However, I believe on
>    1.* FreeBSD, sl* are configured to be point-to-point interface even without
>    specifying destination IP address (as seen from ifconfig sl0 command) ?
> 3. route add default 203.13.47.32
> 
> Many thanks in advance.
> 

Ok with follow up to my own message, I want to know can the above Annex
setup be considered a dial-up router ?

Regards.



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