Re: ppp not forwarding broadcast packets?

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 15 Jun 1999 14:08:42 +0100 (BST)

> I get your point. Still, it's inconvenient when you don't have an
> ethernet card for your laptop and you want to SMB-mount that share full of
> MP3s to load up before you hit the road.

That is why Windows 9x has LMHOSTS, and other facilities that solve this.
Just typing in the IP of the host might even work if they've been clueful

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