Router with 2 (or more) interfaces in same network

Shawn Solomon ssolomon at ind.net
Tue Nov 11 13:41:12 UTC 2003


I would guess that they actually want 1 of the following:

Redundancy of some sort.
Increased bandwidth to the router.



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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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