On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 04:35:16AM +0400, Poltorak Serguei wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> I would like to route broadcast messages.
> For now, if I ping a.b.c.255 from m.n.o.w the packet is passing through
> each router, except the last, a.b.c.1 (m.n.o.p, other "external" address)
> and only he replys to that packet, but not from a.b.c.1, he does it from
> m.n.o.p address (logic, it's the address of the output interface).

Broadcast messages don't leave their subnet. If you want that, you don't
need a router but a bridge! 

Regards,

bert

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