> ah, interesting. this also explains why I don't see my hostname at home
> because (for historical reasons) I have a dummy interface too
> which doen't hsa the broadcast flag set either:
> [...]
> but how can I get an entry for localhost again with 2.1.x ?
> I tried `ifconfig lo broadcast 127.255.255.255' but this didn't
> set the BROADCAST flag.
>
> is this a design decission in 2.1/2.2 that broadcasts are not possible
> at all (and not only off by default) for lo and dummy devices
> or is this just a bug ?
It seems to be intentional. In the case of dummy it certainly
looks as though BROADCAST should be allowed. It is supposed to
behave like a real network interface isn't it?
Mike
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