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Subject: Re: Setting PPP netmask! HOW!
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Danny O writes...

>True, but sliplogin or slattach or gated (something, I can't remember 
>which) *does* apply the interface netmask to decide which hosts are 
>gatewayed by the remote end.  Probably just some fudging, as you say.

GateD is quite stupid....but its way too much to re-write...so I guess
we're stuck with it.  It would be an incredibly profitable commerical
opportunity though.......

Dennis