From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Apr 13 00:48:06 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id AAA28097 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 13 Apr 1996 00:48:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id AAA28083 for ; Sat, 13 Apr 1996 00:48:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id RAA09890; Sat, 13 Apr 1996 17:47:36 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199604130817.RAA09890@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: route -interface To: archie@tribe.com (Archie Cobbs) Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 17:47:36 +0930 (CST) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199604122016.NAA06532@bubba.tribe.com> from "Archie Cobbs" at Apr 12, 96 01:16:52 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Archie Cobbs stands accused of saying: > > > What are the semantics of the "-interface" flag to the route(8) command, > with respect to point-to-point networks? The man page states: It's not designed for PTP interfaces. Using route -interface causes the system to ARP for all destinations on that interface. It's good for talking to ethernets with gateways that proxy-arp but are prone to moving (or going down) without having to resort to running a routing daemon. > Archie L. Cobbs, archie@tribe.com * Whistle Communications Corporation -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[