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From: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net>
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To: anthony.s.magner@cpmx.saic.com
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Subject: Re: SLIP Use.
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> Q1: Does the local-addr of the SLIP interface need to be different 
> than the IP assigned to the real NIC which will route for us?
> 
> 	e.g.	My real NIC is 198.151.14.6
> 			I want the clients to use 198.151.14.22 (only one dialin)
> 
> 			Can I put ...14.6 as the local in slip.hosts?

Sure, but be aware of ARP bugs in all recent versions of FreeBSD if you
intend to use proxy-arp for routing.

> Q2: Is PPP easier to setup than this?  

It's different, not necessarily any easier.  However, PPP is becoming
more standard than SLIP, so you may find it easier to get connected to a
PPP server vs. a SLIP server.


Nate