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From: Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org>
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Subject: Re: mpd and bpf node
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ome ome writes:
> What is the aim of the bpf node in MPD ?

It's used to implement 'dial-on-demand'. Certain packets should
not be counted as 'demand', e.g., NTP packets. So the BPF node
is there to filter out non-demand packets.

-Archie

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Archie Cobbs     *     Packet Design     *     http://www.packetdesign.com

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