Re: eth0 and ifconfig problems with 2.1.72

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Mon, 15 Dec 1997 17:09:00 +0000 (GMT)


> ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 netmask 0.0.0.0 broadcast 255.255.255.255
>
> is a valid request. It has worked all through 2.0 and also 2.1 up until about

It may have worked. Its not legal with this setting we would respond to packets
to 0.0.0.