Re: Q: ARP

Ronald Wahl (Ronald.Wahl@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de)
Thu, 11 Apr 1996 11:23:07 +0200 (MET DST)

On Wed, 10 Apr 1996, Alan Cox wrote:

> > Why does broadcast work although I disabled it using the following:
> > ifconfig eth0 -broadcast
>
> You disabled IP broadcast.

I thought broadcasts are only used for ARP. What is using IP broadcasts?

ron

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