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From: Terry Lambert <terry@cs.weber.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Linux vs. FreeBSD
Date: 22 Jun 1995 18:35:46 GMT
Organization: Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah
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mday@park.uvsc.edu (Matt Day) wrote:
> >Probably it wasn't working because recieving your own broadcasts
> >is in violation of the RFC's.
>
> Huh? Please cite the RFC that requires this. I believe receiving your
> own broadcasts is a perfectly valid thing to do; indeed, it is
> sometimes a useful thing to do. I wrote a test program on a FreeBSD
> system -- it listened to its own broadcasts just fine.
Hi Matt. 8-).
Did you use the loopback device for your communication or did you
use an ethernet device?
Terry Lambert
terry@cs.weber.edu
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