Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 09:46:36 -0400 From: "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM> To: John Hay <jhay@mikom.csir.co.za> Cc: babkin@hq.icb.chel.su (Serge A. Babkin), hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ethernet-like loopback & IPX Message-ID: <199607221346.JAA23451@whizzo.transsys.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 22 Jul 1996 05:58:14 %2B0200." <199607220358.FAA10849@zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za> References: <199607220358.FAA10849@zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za>
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> > ... > > > > By the way, I have fixed the bug (in my opinion) in IPX. It allowed > > only one link-level (i.e. Ethernet) address for all interfaces. > > Was it a real bug or feature ? > > > > It is a leftover from its XNS days. If you send me the patches for > IPX, I will look it over and commit it. It's not a bug, but a feature. Having a single address for your end-station make quite a few other weirdnesses in the protocol stack and application just go away. louie
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