On Sun, Apr 16, 2000 at 08:11:05PM +0200, Jan Bobrowski wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> Kernel refuses to set gateway address to one having zeroed host part (ADDR
> & ~MASK == 0). I can't find any RFC that forbids it.
>
that's the network address. no host can use it. it's on the rfc.
> I can't find reason to such restriction, especially in "hacker driven" OS.
> Any comments?
look in the right rfc.
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