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List:       freebsd-hackers
Subject:    Re: Ethernet-like loopback & IPX
From:       "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie () TransSys ! COM>
Date:       1996-07-22 13:46:36
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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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