Router with 2 (or more) interfaces in same network
Paul S. Brown
pol at geekstuff.co.uk
Tue Nov 11 14:00:26 UTC 2003
Or possibly bridging?
P.
On Tuesday 11 November 2003 1:41 pm, Shawn Solomon wrote:
> I would guess that they actually want 1 of the following:
>
> Redundancy of some sort.
> Increased bandwidth to the router.
>
>
>
> --
> Shawn Solomon
> Senior Network Engineer / Systems Design
> IHETS / ITN
> 317.263.8875 ssolomon at ind.net fx317.263.8831
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sugar, Sylvia [mailto:truesylvia at yahoo.co.uk]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 3:36 AM
> To: nanog at trapdoor.merit.edu
> Subject: Router with 2 (or more) interfaces in same network
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I am curious to know if its possible to have a router with its two
> interfaces, say configured as,
> 1.1.1.1/16 and 1.1.1.2/16. Theoretically, i see nothing which can stop a
> router from doing this.
> But practically, is it of any use? And if used, then, when and why will
> somebody want to use such
> a kind of configuration?
>
> Would appreciate if somebody could enlighten me on this.
>
> Regards,
> Rasputin
>
> P.S.
> I have a customer who insists he wants to do this, without providing any
> explanations!
>
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