Re: The internet architecture

[Marshall Eubanks <tme at multicasttech.com>]

On Dec 29, 2008, at 10:02 PM, Tony Finch wrote:

> On Mon, 29 Dec 2008, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> > I have been thinking this for some time too, and it's especially
> > true/clear when the multi-homing in question is site multi-homing,  
> > and
> > not host-multihoming (which is much rarer, is my impression).
>
> Most networkable consumer electronics ships with at least two network
> interfaces. Host multihoming is only rare because it doesn't work.

Why do you say it doesn't work ? I have found host multihoming to be  
very useful at
times, especially if the local network uses several address blocks for  
whatever reason. (Note that of course
there is still a router routing this.)

And, if you use a software based router (which many do) that is  
strictly speaking host multihoming.

Regards
Marshall

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