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From: Leif Neland <leifn@internet.dk>
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Subject: What is ds0?
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output from ifconfig -a:

ed0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
	inet 192.168.0.10 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
	ether 00:80:c8:18:f7:eb 
lp0: flags=8810<POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
tun0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
	inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 
ds0: flags=8008<LOOPBACK,MULTICAST> mtu 65532


ed0 is the ethernet.
lp0 is "laplink-alike" on lpt1:
tun0 is the tunnel device for ppp
lo0 is loopback.
But what is ds0? 
It doesn't show during boot, neither anything in dmesg.



Leif Neland
leifn@internet.dk



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