Subject: Re: procedure to setup pppd on netbsd-current ???
To: None <current-users@NetBSD.ORG>
From: der Mouse <mouse@Collatz.McRCIM.McGill.EDU>
List: current-users
Date: 02/17/1996 16:28:08
> # 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.

					der Mouse

			    mouse@collatz.mcrcim.mcgill.edu