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On Sep 12, 2005, at 11:49 AM, Sten Daniel S=F8rsdal wrote:
>> The essence of multihoming is having two (or more) distinct NICs.
>
> so if i had two vlan's with an ip on both. wouldnt this qualify it as
> multihoming? would i somehow no longer need to configure the =20
> computer as
> though it was a multihomed?

I don't fully understand the question you are asking.  If you have =20
one physical connection (one NIC, one Cat5 cable), you can only =20
connect to a single collision domain, even if you use VLANs (or set =20
up IP aliases on different subnets, etc).

--=20
-Chuck=