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From: bert hubert <ahu@ds9a.nl>
To: lartc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [LARTC] routing broadcast messages
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 08:30:36 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-lartc-102629000815770@msgid-missing> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <marc-lartc-102626138529774@msgid-missing>

On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 04:35:16AM +0400, Poltorak Serguei wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> I would like to route broadcast messages.
> For now, if I ping a.b.c.255 from m.n.o.w the packet is passing through
> each router, except the last, a.b.c.1 (m.n.o.p, other "external" address)
> and only he replys to that packet, but not from a.b.c.1, he does it from
> m.n.o.p address (logic, it's the address of the output interface).

Broadcast messages don't leave their subnet. If you want that, you don't
need a router but a bridge! 

Regards,

bert

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  reply	other threads:[~2002-07-10  8:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-07-10  0:35 [LARTC] routing broadcast messages Poltorak Serguei
2002-07-10  8:30 ` bert hubert [this message]
2002-07-10 10:03 ` Poltorak Serguei
2002-07-10 12:42 ` Eran Man
2002-07-14  0:40 ` Poltorak Serguei

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