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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!platinum.sge.net!como.dpie.gov.au!news.gan.net.au!act.news.telstra.net!vic.news.telstra.net!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!vbcnet-west!bulb.garlic.com!news.scruz.net!kithrup.com!news.Stanford.EDU!microunity!wetware!dailyplanet.wsrcc.com!news1.best.com!news.mathworks.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!eerie.fr!alma.fr!Alain.Thivillon From: Alain.Thivillon@alma.fr (Alain Thivillon) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: PPP and broadcast forwarding Date: 28 Jun 1997 20:12:23 GMT Organization: facteur kabalistique Lines: 11 Message-ID: <slrn5ras17.lfj.Alain.Thivillon@azuret.alma.fr> References: <slrn5r2msh.6ap.Alain.Thivillon@azuret.alma.fr> <5otse3$dlh@ui-gate.utell.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: azuret.alma.fr X-Newsreader: slrn (0.9.3.2 UNIX) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:43689 Brian Somers <brian@shift.utell.net> wrote: > > Nope. Forwarding broadcasts would be a disaster. Think about it. > The 'net would fill up with broadcast packets in minutes, and they'd > go 'round & 'round & 'round. In my case, remote user as an address in the Lan network range, so it appears as an Lan user. We don't need to forward broadcasts to others networks. Cisco IOS 11.x and others PPP (defunct Morning Star) are doing this.