Subject: Re: Broadcasting to 255.255.255.255
To: Michael van Elst <mlelstv@serpens.de>
From: =?ISO-8859-1?B?QW5kcuk=?= Wienck <awienck@solnet.ch>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 07/19/2007 10:11:23
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Salut,
On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 06:22:15 +0000 (UTC), mlelstv@serpens.de
(Michael van Elst) wrote:
> >Given that any-network broadcast is a very special situation, I would
> >even argue that this is actually the right way to do it.
>=20
> Why?
>=20
> What happens when the interface hasn't been configured yet? There
> is no subnet-broadcast address.
In that case you probably also shouldn't be attempting to do
normal networking.
aw
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