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From: Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org>
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Subject: Re: [2]  MPD + Win2K + broadcast
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0211010102050.44018-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>
 "from Julian Elischer at Nov 1, 2002 01:03:44 am"
To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2002 11:30:11 -0800 (PST)
Cc: Thomas Gielfeldt <thomas@gielfeldt.dk>, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG
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Julian Elischer writes:
> > >to enable forwarding of broadcast packets across any point-to-point
> > >links whos local address lies on the broadcast subnet.
> > >
> > >If what you're really trying to solve is NBNS, use a WINS server.
> 
> Archie, didn't we do something for this on the interjet?

Yep.. it was a custom hack (which is what's required in this case).

-Archie

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