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Unix-Solutions - Steven <steven@unix-solutions.be> wrote:
 > I'm need a point-to-point link between 2 servers
 > with just a crossover cable between the servers.

That's not a point-to-point link.  It's a broadcast network
that happens to have only two nodes.

Just make your addresses /30 instead of /31.

Best regards
  Oliver

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