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  From: Andrew Reid <andrew.reid@plug.cx>
  To  : Joshua Cowdrey <jcowdrey@pcpro.net.au>
  Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 10:46:28 +1030

Re: networking question

On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 09:21:38AM +1030, Joshua Cowdrey wrote:

> How do I configure linux for this to work. I don't quite understand the theory
> behind it all. Do I need to configure eth0 with this new info or do I keep the
> 192. stuff and just configure the dialup with a 203. static IP or what?

* Andrew scratches his head and wonders why anyone would deliberately
  signup for a Telstra account *

You want to have the IP addresses that Telstra assign you bound to the 
PPP interface (assuming you've got a dialup connection).

The PPP interface will get a primary address (either assigned by
Telstra to the same thing each time you authenticate, or statically in 
your PPP configuration), and you've then got the option of adding
aliases to the interface. The aliases have the addresses that Telstra
have assigned you.

See ifconfig(8). The interfaces get named if:n, where 'if' is the name 
of your interface (ie, ppp0) and 'n' is the alias number (eg, :0, :1).

   - andrew

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