On Tuesday 13 November 2001 03:32 am, you wrote: > Hi! > > I use 56K dialup. And in kppp/Details, I have a "Local" and "Remote" IP. > By telneting into both IPs, it seems that the "Local" IP is actually my > computer... > > So why do I have 2 IPs? What does it achieve? > > Windows doesn't do this, I think. > > Thanks, > pesarif
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