setting IP address manually

[Tim]

Tim:

>> That's asking for problems.  IP addresses relate to interfaces, not
>> machines.  Each interface should have an unique address.  You'd be
>> relying on your system trying to sort out problems for you with the
>> same IP on different interfaces, and that's never a good thing.

Bruno Wolff III:

> I don't think that is correct. Ethernet interfaces have mac addresses
> that identify them uniquely.

Only useable within a sub-net, though.  MACs aren't usable outside of
network (i.e. through a gateway).

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