Re: Can't set pointopoint address...

Philip Blundell (pb@nexus.co.uk)
Mon, 24 May 1999 13:40:06 +0100


>The Tulips are connected between machines A and B.
>Each uses the same IP for both interfaces. If this

I'm not sure that this is a very good idea.

>So the right route is being created. So the bug is in ifconfig
>displaying broadcast when it isn't.

What makes you think it is not a broadcast interface? This is a completely
orthogonal issue to routing.

If you think there really is a bug in ifconfig, I'd be glad to receive a
patch. But as far as I can tell it's behaving correctly.

p.

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