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From: cdel <c_deless@efn.org>
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Subject: What is interface ds0 used for?
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I never noticed this device before. I grep'd sys/i386/conf to find a
mention but of ds0 couldn't.


<Snip>
Prompt# ifconfig -a
ax0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.1.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
        
        media: autoselect (10baseT/UTP <half-duplex>)
        supported media: autoselect 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX
<half-dupl
ex> 100baseTX 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP 10baseT/UTP
<half-duplex>
eth0: flags=41<UP,RUNNING> mtu 1500
bw0: flags=0<>
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
        inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
ds0: flags=8008<LOOPBACK,MULTICAST> mtu 65532
etha16: flags=8051<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        inet (xxx.xx.xx.xx) --> (xxx.xx.xx.xx) netmask
0xfffffff0
etha17: flags=8051<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.100.1 --> 192.168.100.3 netmask 0xffffff00

</Snip>

bw0 is an E/T bandwidth manager, eth0, etha16 and a17 are related to
PVC's.

Any Ideas?
MTIA
--Chris DeLess



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