On Thu, Oct 21, 2004 at 03:41:30PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Martin G.H. Minkler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004.10.21.1532 +0200]: > > > setups in which a LAN and a gateway with just one NIC were sharing a > > What's a gateway with just one NIC? > The only time I've seen this done has been with PPPoE; the gateway talked PPPoE with the remote end, and communicated with the LAN via the same NIC. Not that secure, but got the network running.
The network's owner then went and bought another NIC for the PPPoE interface at a later date. -- Simon
