>Forgive me if I'm ignorant, but shouldn't the kernel send a broadcast
>only if the IP matches the configured broadcast address?
>
>Or is the configured broadcast address ignored, or is .0 always
>a broadcast?
The usual algorithm is:
if (ip == broadcast || (ip & ~netmask) == 0)
use broadcast hardware address;
else
use interface hardware address;
The second part of the "or" is for compatibility.
Leo Mauro
Principal Scientist
TeleSys Technologies, Inc.
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