On 10 Sep 1997, Matthias Scheler wrote:

# In article <Pine.SGI.3.95.970909230353.9444B-100000@bleu.west.spy.net>,
# 	Dustin Sallings <dustin@spy.net> writes:
# > If you use a normal point to point mask (/30) ...
# 
# /30 is *not* point 2 point. 

	*shrug* always the way I've done it on the Ciscos. 

# > ... then you're using four addresses that meet on the proper boundry.
# 
# He has only two address, and there are *not* in a /30 block. Oskar's
# proxy arp hack might work but that is what I call bad network design. 

	I'm aware of that.  When put back into context, that says, ``If
you use a normal point to point mask (/30) then you're using four
addresses that meet on the proper boundry.''  He made it clear that wasn't
the case.

# > 	Anyway, proxy-arp does seem to be the answer.
# 
# It's a solution but a *really* *bad* one. I wonder how you can call my
# solution bad network design and consider this one fine. 

	Why is proxy arp worse than creating a set of tunnels to go around
it?

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