> Wow, I'm getting more help than I deserved, given the OT :-)

Hey, if the volume here were like on the tomcat or struts lists, there 
might be reason to complain. Besides, answering your questions helps me 
figure out what I'm doing. ;-)

And, really, strategies for overcoming the limitations of our neat 
little Macs are at least a little bit on topic.

> Michael wrote:
>
>> You don't need aliases or anything - I did exactly this for ages with 
>> a
>> little Sun ( running Solaris though ) with only one network interface,
>> the DSL modem plugged into the switch
>                                  ******
>
> OK, let's see if I got it right. Hey, I'm a newbie, please bear with 
> me if
> I'm talking nonsense!
> This is what I wanted to do:
>
>                          +---+
> |       _________        |   |
> |>-----|DSL modem|-------| H |--------> L  [192.168.0.2 etc.]
> |      |_________|   ____| U |--------> A
>                     |    | B |--------> N
>                     |    |   |
>                     |    +---+
>                     |
>          1.2.3.4    |  192.168.0.1
>          ["real"] \ | /[alias]
>               +----ae0----+
>               |           |
>               |   NetBSD  |
>               |   router  |
>               +-----------+
>
> Would the above work? Do I need a switch instead of a hub?

Under PPPoA, the default setup is likely to be to assign everything on 
the LAN side local range addresses (may be DHCP or static, depending on 
the DSL modem/router and your setup).

So what you'd have on the LC475/NetBSD router would probably not be a 
global IP and local alias, but a local range IP and local range alias 
on a different subnet. (Note that the DSL modem/router has a LAN-side 
address in addition to the WAN-side address.)

So I think it would look more like this (pardon my diagramming style):

(1.2.3.4)DSL(192.168.0.1)<->HUBA<->(192.168.0.2)LC475

LC475(aliased192.168.0.129)<->HUBA<->LAN(192.168.0.130~254)

using a netmask of 255.255.255.128 for all the LAN side (interface) 
addresses. (Am I getting this right?)

HUBA and LC475 are the same physical boxes, of course.

I haven't tried this, so I can't say whether it would actually work. So 
far, I've been content to let my modem be my router, since that's one 
of the advertised functions for it.

> ...
>
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     It's Bill saying he has to be free to invent our technological 
future.
     (But I'm just as glad it's not Steve's company with the 95%, 
either.)