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From: booloo@lll-lcc.llnl.gov (Mark Boolootian)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: Obtaining internet addresses
Message-ID: <2269@lll-lcc.llnl.gov>
Date: 2 Feb 89 20:36:15 GMT
References: <2266@lll-lcc.llnl.gov>
Reply-To: booloo@lll-lcc.llnl.gov.UUCP (Mark Boolootian)
Organization: Lawrence Livermore Lab
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In article <2266@lll-lcc.llnl.gov> booloo@lll-lcc.llnl.gov.UUCP I write:
>
>The host table on the client machine will contain distinct internet addresses
>for mach1 and mach2; however, they will have to resolve to the same physical
>address since there is only a single ethernet interface on the gateway machine.

After looking through some source code, I have determined that it isn't 
actually possible to have two ip addresses resolve to a single physical
address (at least in the case of a vax running Ultrix).  So my question 
can't be answered (at least to my liking).
mb



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