Darren Reed wrote:
> I'd disagree with changing IP or ifconfig such that if someone
> did "ifconfig foo0 1.2.3.4 5.6.7.8" it did not result in the
> POINTTOPOINT flag being set. This behaviour has been there
> for some ... years... the very first line (or two) of ifconfig syntax
> on its man page covers this:
Do other OSes dynamically set IFF_POINTOPOINT based on what I type to
ifconfig?
All the ones I know of set it based on the interface type (with a PPP
interface setting IFF_POINTOPOINT as part of attaching itself to the
rest of the kernel, and an Ethernet interface setting IFF_BROADCAST).
Erik
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