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To: John Hay <jhay@mikom.csir.co.za>
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From: "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM>
Subject: Re: Ethernet-like loopback & IPX 
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In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 22 Jul 1996 05:58:14 +0200."
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Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 09:46:36 -0400
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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