MAC addresses, hostnames, and DHCP

[John Abreau]

Bill McGonigle wrote:
> On Dec 1, 2005, at 09:38, Travis Roy wrote:
> 
>> But why have the same IP on two different MACs? or even the same 
>> hostname?
> 
> 
> So you can unplug from Ethernet and go Wireless and not loose your SSH 
> connections (for one).

I believe this will work transparently if you're running the ssh session 
over a VPN that's sitting on top of the "real" network connection.


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