From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Sep 28 9:15:33 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from tp.databus.com (p101-46.acedsl.com [160.79.101.46]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABDE837B40A for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2001 09:15:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from barney@localhost) by tp.databus.com (8.11.6/8.11.4) id f8SGFIl90573; Fri, 28 Sep 2001 12:15:18 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from barney) Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 12:15:18 -0400 From: Barney Wolff To: Joe Greco Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 127/8 continued Message-ID: <20010928121518.A90242@tp.databus.com> References: <200109280200.VAA23645@aurora.sol.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200109280200.VAA23645@aurora.sol.net>; from jgreco@ns.sol.net on Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 09:00:18PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Joe, does this work on an Ethernet used as a point-to-point, with a crossover cable? That would actually be quite useful, but I'd be pleasantly surprised if it works now. Thanks, Barney Wolff On Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 09:00:18PM -0500, Joe Greco wrote: > > The "current practice" described in RFC 3021 is anything but a current > practice. Many people - including myself - have been using /31's for > quite some time (read: since mid '90's) for point to point links. Most > folks I know have already been pressed into using host addresses, /31's, > or (in a few cases) ugly things like 192.168-net. > > FreeBSD does not appear to care on a point-to-point link, and hasn't for > many years. Feel free to use it. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message