On 01.05.2002 at 23:55:40, Dennis Musselwhite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<snip> > The guest LAN acts as a hub and delivers a copy of the broadcast packet > to the data connection of every virtual adapter (NIC) coupled to that LAN > regardless of the destination IP Address or the subnet mask. Ok, let's rephrase... How does the guest LAN identify which are broadcast packets, if not by the destination IP address? ... <penny drops> ... Wait a minute, there's a special MAC address used for broadcast also, isn't there...? So the Guest LAN knows by the broadcast *MAC* address that the packet has to be sent to all coupled NICs, right? Cheers, Vic PS: Patience, please, folks... It's late over here and I should be in bed :) -- Vic Cross MACS mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Networking, Linux, on zSeries and S/390
