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From: wollman@sadye.emba.uvm.edu (Garrett Wollman)
Subject: Re: SIMPLEX on an ifconfig?
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In article <1993Mar23.214645.10350@coe.montana.edu> osyjm@cs.montana.edu (Jaye Mathisen) writes:

>What the hell does 'SIMPLEX' mean in the flags on an ifconfig?

From /sys/net/if.h:

#define	IFF_SIMPLEX	0x800		/* can't hear own transmissions */

-GAWollman

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