Manuel wrote:

> No, you can have the same address on the LAN and the 
> ppp interface. However it's possible that the kernel 
> already has a route to 203.60.56.150 via the LAN. 
> 'netstat -rn' should tell you that.

Okay...but what if, like when I am experimenting, I have 
both the PPP client and the server side-by-side on the 
same bench and with the Ethernet also up and working?

How is it that the IP to the modem and the IP to the 
Ethernet card, being the same, and the destination 
machine being the same, that there will be no conflict, 
confusion, or other problems?

I had read that a PPP server with separate modems on 
separate tty's must have separate IP addrs. I had 
presumed (erroneously?) that this condition extended to 
Ethernet addresses also.

I would like to understand this. Please explain.

Thanks,

Gan



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