Re: Pinging another system

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Author: Jeremy C. Reed
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To: plug-discuss
Subject: Re: Pinging another system
On Fri, 14 Jan 2005, Mikey wrote:

> Well, after reading a little on making a gateway it appears that I need to
> have two ethernet cards and modify my kernel (according to
> http://cwrulug.cwru.edu/talks/gateway/kernel_modifications.html).


You do not need two network cards (nor two physical network interfaces).
I have often created gateways by using one physical network interface that
had multiple interfaces (IP aliases).

Anyways, usually the gateway is the IP address of the router that your ISP
tells you to use.

Jeremy C. Reed

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