Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 16:10:51 -0500 From: "Garrett A. Wollman" <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> To: Jim Owen <jimo@expansion.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Network Help Message-ID: <9603162110.AA13699@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <314A199F.5965@expansion.com> References: <314A199F.5965@expansion.com>
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<<On Fri, 15 Mar 1996 17:30:07 -0800, Jim Owen <jimo@expansion.com> said: > ep0: flags=8e3<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX> mtu 1500 > inet 204.250.54.151 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 204.250.54.255 > ether 00:a0:24:3e:03:e0 > We don't understand the "SIMPLEX" value that is showing up nor do we > know how to change it. It indicates that the hardware in incapable of receiving its own broadcasts (true of most NICs these days because they use the same memory hardware when receiving and transmitting). You can't change it. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant
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