Re: Static vs dynamic routing from ISP

Rob Janssen reading Linux mailinglist (linux@pe1chl.ampr.org)
Wed, 31 Jan 1996 13:21:12 +0100 (MET)

According to Chris Woods:
> > I have 6 IP addresses assigned to my dialin. Its a static route.
>
> I assume that you have a single subnet, rather than 6 diverse, separate IP
> addresses. If your case is the latter, I'd like to see how they did it;
> that'd be a neat trick. (i.e., you cannot "route" a bunch of IP addresses,
> you can only route a network or a subnet.)

When you have 6 IP addresses that are part of a subnet assigned to
your provider, it is no problem for them to route 5 of them via the
one that you use on the dialup system. Just use 5 static host routes.
They don't need to be in a single subnet, although it would be more
efficient.

Rob

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