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Can a computer with 2 network cards have the same IP address for both

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While answering this question I found something I didn't know and couldn't find an answer for. In the context of the above question if a computer / server has 2 LAN ports built in on the motherboard (Or 2 seperate Network Cards) should these 2 cards have the same IP address e.g 10.0.0.1 or should t…

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Yes and no. While e40 is correct in thinking that IP addresses should be unique within a routing domain (i.e. there should ever only be one 10.0.0.1 present on your network - see RFC 5889) you can have multiple hardware devices underlying that singl…

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