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Subject:    (IPng 7567) Re: mutlihomed sites
From:       "Matt Crawford" <crawdad () fnal ! gov>
Date:       1999-05-27 14:54:27
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> > So, if there are two connection points to the internet, AAAA::/28 and
> > BBBB::/28, then interfaces of each node inside the site would have two
> > addresses AAAA::host_id and BBBB::host_id assigned. Right or wrong? :-)
> 
> There hasn't been many discussions on multi-homing. (well, not that I know
> of.)

There were many long ones.  

> I actually thought of the same solution as yours, but the problem that I
> see with this is wasted IP address space and, being an employee of ARIN, that
> kinda bothers me. :)

The alternative is to have the global routing tables incorporate the
topology of every multihomed site and, being a user of the internet,
that kinda bothers me.
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Matt Crawford                    crawdad@fnal.gov                     Fermilab
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