Re: multiple net connections

[aoster <alster@interport.net>]

On Fri, 3 Nov 1995, Ted Frederick wrote:

> At 12:38 PM 11/3/95 -0500, aoster wrote:
> 
> >On Fri, 3 Nov 1995, Ted Frederick wrote:
> >>
> >> Well, for $89.95 (US) you can...
> >> 
> >> Move to Win95.  In W95 you can have separate LAN, and multiple PPP
> >> "Connectiods" that each have their own IP, and Gateway.  The three DNS IPs
> >> are shared, however.
> >
> >No ...you can have multiple PPP configurations but not multiple LAN 
> >(Ethernet) configurations.
> 
> Yes, it was my intent to convey that very message with my original e-mail,
> as terse as it was ;).  It obviously needed further explanation, thank you
> for clearing that up.
> 
> Note that I said a "separate LAN", not "multiple LANs".  In order to change
> LAN settings, you must go into the Network Properties and change the IPs,
> gateway, etc., manually and then reboot.  Multiple LANs are still
> problematic in Win95.  Microsoft says that they intend to address this issue
> in future releases.

Yes, it's terribly annoying to do it twice a day.


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