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From: patrick@qnet.com (Patrick Linstruth)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Route cloning (disable - how to?)
Date: 24 Jul 1996 02:27:05 GMT
Organization: Quantum Networking Solutions, Inc.
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I have something against ARP entries in my route table.  Especially when
FreeBSD puts the wrong stuff in the route table causing routed to
dump core.

ARP entries belong in the ARP tables like UNIX is supposed to be.

Patrick

Jordan K. Hubbard (jkh@FreeBSD.org) wrote:
: Patrick Linstruth wrote:
: > Does anyone have any experience with disabling FreeBSD's route cloning?

: 1. Why do you want to do that?

: 2. You have something against ARP entries?  I guess that's not a
: hardship if you never actually want to talk to any other hosts on the
: wire. :-)

: -- 
: - Jordan Hubbard
:   President, FreeBSD Project