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   From: tauno.voipio@notused.fi.invalid   
      
   On 31.1.11 8:12 , Didi wrote:   
   > On Jan 31, 7:59 pm, Tauno Voipio   
   > wrote:   
   >> ....   
   >> You're probably asking for more than the XP is able to fill in.   
   >>   
   >> To route packets from the ISP's net to a local subnet and back   
   >> needs NAT (Network Address Translation), which is Internet Connection   
   >> Sharing in windowspeak.   
   >   
   > No-no, I am not asking for that. I just want the packets originating   
   > from the windows machine to go to the DPS machine on the same wire,   
   > I am not expecting windows to route incoming IP traffic to the DPS   
   > machine, nor to do NAT for the DPS machine and route its IP traffic   
   > out to the Internet. I am just after a local connection without   
   > disconnecting the wintel machine from the Internet. What I do now   
   > is manually set the windows IP address to 192.168.100.something   
   > and access the 192.168.100.something_else machine; I did not have   
   > to do that until recently but my ISP began to give me via dhcp   
   > addresses from _different_subnets_ over the same cable modem   
   > (yes, they are morons and I wish I had options), and lately   
   > began limiting the number of addresses they give me (used to   
   > give me 5 with no problem for years - before a takeover   
   > took place...).   
      
      
   So you're asking for an IP alias on the only NIC. I did not find   
   such an option on my copy of XP. However, there are plenty of   
   differently crippled XP editions, so some of the more capable   
   editions may be able.   
      
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   Tauno Voipio   
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