Subject: Re: Why is ifconfig.ae0 better than hostname.ae0?
To: perry@piermont.com, Ted Lemon <mellon@hoffman.vix.com>
From: Matt Thomas <matt@lkg.dec.com>
List: tech-net
Date: 04/16/1997 15:39:56
At 02:48 PM 4/16/97 -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
>
>Ted Lemon writes:
>> Why not just make ifconfig add the route?
>
>I think the issue is that it is a bug that the route is needed at
>all. ip_output was supposed to deal with this I believe.

if_inarp/if_ether does handle this...
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