Date: Sun, 17 May 1998 14:27:04 -0600 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: pantzer@ludd.luth.se (Mattias Pantzare), dg@root.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bad behaviour in slow start Message-ID: <199805172027.OAA21873@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199805172011.NAA27836@usr05.primenet.com> References: <199805171027.MAA26384@zed.ludd.luth.se> <199805172011.NAA27836@usr05.primenet.com>
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> > The problem is that you can't detect if the other computer is a local peer > > or not, there may be routers in the path to it even if the netmask tells > > you that it is on the same subnet. It isn't even true on the ethernet > > level any more, switches create the same problems as a router. > > It sounds as if you need a mechanism for marking interfaces as > local or non-local. Too much domain-specific information. It may be local or non-local, depending on what network is hooked up. (Think networks that do fail-over to different media.) Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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