Re: [LI] dial in configuration using mgetty - What about PPP link

["Jiju Thomas Mathew" <digitelnet@xxxxxxxx>]

>> Just bind an IP address (192.168.0.1) to the local loopback ( lo )
Interface
>> and set your hostname. Your system should be able to resolve this local
>> hostname to this IP address (192.168.0.1)
>>
you cannot bind these addresses to the lo, but you can add a dummy ethernet
card on this
machine with device name dummy0, and bind intranet ip address to these.  The
base RHL
Kernel config supports dummy as a module.  infact all of the network
operating systems
support dummy cards.


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