Dennis wrote:
>
> >> What makes you think it is not a broadcast interface? This is a completely
> >> orthogonal issue to routing.
> >
> >When two cards a joined together by a crossover cable,
> >it can be viewed as a point-to-point interface.
>
> but Ethernet (802.3, etc) is not a point-to-point protocol.
You're missing the point. I told the kernel that it was
a point-to-point interface and it created the right route.
It works perfectly and as expected.
The problem is that ifconfig, while it configures it like
I ask it to, gets it wrong while retrieving the data.
My guess is the ifconfig has code like:
if interface matches eth* then
Ignore pointopoint flag and dstaddr field
Set broadcast and multicast flags
end
>
> Dennis
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