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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: PPP and broadcast forwarding
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 1997 10:18:59 +0100
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
Message-ID: <3mt7p5.lc2.ln@shift.utell.net>
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In article <slrn5ras17.lfj.Alain.Thivillon@azuret.alma.fr>,
Alain.Thivillon@alma.fr (Alain Thivillon) writes:
> 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.
Ok, this makes sense. The proxy arp stuff makes out that the
dialup is on the LAN, so I guess it should also forward broadcasts.
I'll look into it and repost.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !