Re: (sipp) un-numbered links

greg_minshall@novell.com Fri, 05 August 1994 02:22 UTC

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mo,

>so, assign addresses to serial line endpoints if you want to monitor
>them, but don't require them to forward packets across them - they
>aren't needed.  and don't spend any time conjuring them out of thin
>air - i want far more control over them than that.

*You* may want (far) more control over them, but others may not.  Thus, it
may well make sense to have some sort of default scheme (just like for 802
nets), with a nob which allows that scheme to be turned off.

Greg


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