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Date:      29 Sep 2001 14:06:17 -0700
From:      swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen)
To:        Andy Sparrow <spadger@best.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 127/8 continued
Message-ID:  <ixlmixiu5y.mix@localhost.localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <20010928223358.11AE43E2A@CRWdog.demon.co.uk>
References:  <20010928223358.11AE43E2A@CRWdog.demon.co.uk>

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Andy Sparrow <spadger@best.com> writes:

> ObDataPoint:

The Jargon File (for the Latin-illiterate) is missing that one.

> Solaris lets you set the POINTTOPOINT flag on ethernet links via ifconfig.

Which brings up another usability issue:  FreeBSD's "ifconfig",
which doesn't let you set the flag, doesn't complain when you try:

$ ifconfig de0 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.2; echo $?
0
$ ifconfig de0
de0: flags=8c43<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,OACTIVE,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500

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