On 8 Sep 1997, Matthias Scheler wrote:

> And another thing I would like to have is the possibility to switch a
> broadcast interface into point to point mode e.g. to connect two
> host if you only have two single. IP adresses.

Why not just set up a /30 subnet for this instance? Having a way
to change the semantics of Ethernet or whatever it is you happen
to be using seems a bit....pointless.

cjs

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