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Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 00:20:16 +0800 (HKT)
From: Joe Lee <joelee@col.com.hk>
To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
Cc: M C Wong <mcw@hpato.aus.hp.com>, freebsd-questions@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject: Re: [2.1R] same IP address assigned to ed0 and ppp0 ?
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On Fri, 5 Jul 1996, Doug White wrote:

> On Fri, 5 Jul 1996, M C Wong wrote:
> 
> >     Correct me if I'm wrong: FreeBSD 2.1R supports same IP addresses
> > assigned onto different types of network interfaces, in particular a PPP 
> > interface and an Ethernet interface.
> 
> I don't think so.  You can assign multiple addresses to a single 
> interface, though.  
> 
> Why would you need to do something like that?
> 
I believe he wants save ip address. I am now connecting to my dial-up
FreeBSD server which has the same ip address for both ppp0 & 3com card.