From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 26 07:43:49 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id HAA26090 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 26 Feb 1996 07:43:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu (halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu [18.26.0.159]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id HAA26085 for ; Mon, 26 Feb 1996 07:43:46 -0800 (PST) Received: by halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu; (5.65/1.1.8.2/19Aug95-0530PM) id AA22752; Mon, 26 Feb 1996 10:43:37 -0500 Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 10:43:37 -0500 From: "Garrett A. Wollman" Message-Id: <9602261543.AA22752@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: Melvin Deloyd Robinson Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: SIMPLEX??? In-Reply-To: <1.5.4b11.32.19960226074248.0069c6a8@jetson.uh.edu> References: <1.5.4b11.32.19960226074248.0069c6a8@jetson.uh.edu> Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk < said: > Hello, > I have a 3C509 Ethernet adapter which works fine, but an ifconfig -a of it shows > ep0: flags=863. > My question is what is SIMPLEX? `Simplex' means that the interface cannot receive its own transmissions. The kernel uses this to determine whether to loop back a copy of broadcasts you send for local consumption. > Would this have anything to do with my > routing tables showing something like LINK#2 in the Gateway column? No. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant