>> I would prefer if the current behaviour stayed default (would also MFC >> better) >> and then flip if this will indeed go anywhere. > > I considered that, but I think that the current behavior is simply > wrong. We broadcast packets to the lowest address on the net, but > we don't receive these broadcasts as such. I was surprised to find > that we were still broadcasting these packets. I can't think of any > reason we should do that. > > Any other opinions on the default setting of the sysctl?
I welcome a change to stop broadcasting the lowest address on a subnet. Yes this should have been done years ago. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sth...@nethelp.no
