Re: can CYGWIN have a different IP address to Windows?

["John Vincent" <jpv50 at hotmail dot com>]

Hi,

Informative answer. I knew it was possible if you have more
than one NIC, but up till now I had assumed one NIC == one IP address.

Thanks for the info.

/John Vincent.


> From: S. L. <s_i_lao@gmx.net>
> To: "John Vincent" <jpv50@hotmail.com>
> CC: raphael@oninet.pt, cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: can CYGWIN have a different IP address to Windows?
> Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 07:57:19 +0200 (MEST)
>
> John,
> [...]
> > I think this answer only applies to WinNT/2000/XP. Out of interest,
> > does anyone know if the same trick can be done on Win9x ?
> [...]
>
> Just a "spread the word" (I've not actually tested). There can be more than
> 2 IP addresses on a Win9x box, adding more TCP/IP protocols. This is a 
> win98
> hint (dunno if it applies to 95 and/or OSR2).
>
> Problems that arrive with this are:
> 1. You cannot control what network device the added protocol associates
> with. I. e., if you have more than 1 network device (dial-up, VPN, etc.), 
> you
> must add protocols until you get one associated with desired network 
> device, and
> delete those unwanted.
> 2. Win9x stack is incomplete (most noticeable, it doesn't route), so other
> problems may also appear.
>
> SLao
>
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