[MLB-WIRELESS] linux q

[Soragan Guo]

rick wrote:

>is there a limit to the amount of ip's one nic can have?
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i think there is, but quite a huge number, 1000+ iirc

>i want a box with 2 wireless cards and 1 eth port to be able to do
>melbwireless/wan/lan thru the eth port is that possible?
>or do i need atleast 2 eth ports?
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>how do you set a eth port to have more than 1 ip?
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example,
ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0
ifconfig eth0:1 192.168.2.1 netmask 255.255.255.0

>could 1 box run nocat for a free net answer to my area as well as
>melbwireless on a diff ip range and my home network on full net and then
>with the optus cable plugging str8 in?
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>or do i need 2/3/4 boxes?
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no idea about nocat, don't know what's that

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