Hi Folks I'm just wondering if anyone has any feedback regarding this situation. I maintain a multi homed Linux router in the Seychelles Islands for the Seychelles government and the CTO of one of the ISP's wants me to use an IP of 217.161.116.143 with a netmask of 255.255.255.255 and a default gateway of 217.161.116.8. To explain it further they are running a fibre optic link to my linux router and at the other end of it they've got a cisco 2500 with an IP of 217.161.116.8. What I get is ethernet and they want me to use the IP 217.161.116.143 with a netmask of 255.255.255.255 on my linux router. I do not want to run IP unnumbered and anyway I cannot think of how anything but a CISCO can talk IP unnumbered to another CISCO. Everything I know and everything I ever learned says this is mission impossible. I am at a loss of words on what to say to this. Am I missing something here perhaps ? Can anyone think of anything to say to this. This ISP is called Atlas and their URL is http://www.seychelles.net They also happen to be the operators of the .sc ccTLD I would greatly appreciate any feedback from anyone as to what I could possibly say to these people. Then again maybe I missed something and maybe I am wrong ? Cheers Tikiri