From: Bruce Ferrell <bferrell@baywinds.org>
To: Bernd Eckenfels <ecki@lina.inka.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: unnumbered interfaces? - OT
Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2001 13:57:34 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3BE316CE.8ABA1454@baywinds.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E15zV7P-0003pM-00@calista.inka.de>
Bernd Eckenfels wrote:
>
> In article <200111011522.QAA22531@zhadum.sara.nl> you wrote:
> >> I'm trying to understand unnumbered interfaces. From
> >> searching the web, they seem to be point-to-point links
> >> that do not have IP numbers (hence the name).
They are in fact, used for point-to-point links. It allows someone to
build a kind of distributed router; Kind of like the old IBM remote
bridge arrangemets. Those had either a token ring or ethernet card and
a WAN card of some kind (usually SDLC or X.25) connecting them
together. Kind of cool in a weird, expensive sort of way.
> It is Cisco Speak. In Linux you simply give the Interface an IP Address of
> an exisiting Interface, and then you have an "unnumbered" interface. It
> simply means it does not add an additional address.
>
> Routing in modern operating systems is so easy and natural with interface
> and host routes, dont worry about cisco legacy.
>
> Greetings
> Bernd
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-11-02 21:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-10-23 23:55 unnumbered interfaces? Mark Clayton
2001-11-01 15:22 ` Remco Post
2001-11-01 20:14 ` Dan Hollis
2001-11-02 3:35 ` Bernd Eckenfels
2001-11-02 21:57 ` Bruce Ferrell [this message]
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