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Subject: impossible circuit
From: andyjohnson at ij.net (Andy Johnson)
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:27:33 -0400
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> working, and keeps the dupes from coming back at us, because the ppp 
> encapsulated packets aren't understood by Sprint's routers running [I 
> assume] hdlc...so they can't forward the packets.

AFAIK, routers don't just forward IP packets because they "see" them. That 
destination MAC address needs to be set to something assigned to the router 
doesn't it? Unless somehow they've crossed you into some sprint router 
running IRB? That might be the only exception I can think of.

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