>> # General options for all PPP lines
>> crtscts netmask 255.255.255.0 silent proxyarp
>
>This brings up something that's been nagging at me for quite a while:
>does anyone know why NetBSD associates a netmask with POINTOPOINT
>interfaces like PPP connections?  I can't think of anything useful a
>netmask could mean for a POINTOPOINT interface.

Maybe it's just because there happens to be a netmask field in the interface
structure, and _something_ has to go there.  I don't think it's using for
routing in the case of POINTOPOINT interfaces.  You could always modify
ifconfig not to print out the netmast for POINTOPOINT interfaces.

--Ken