Re: Numberd int reqd for arpd?

[Kyle Maxwell <krmaxwell () gmail com>]

On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 05:56:02 -0700 (PDT), Earl <unorlist () yahoo com> wrote:
 
> Subject says it... Does arpd really require a
> "numbered" interface to work?
>
> With an unnumbered interface I get:
> arpd: bad interface configuration: not IP or Ethernet
>
> If I number it, all's well.

One would think that it would be required: without the number, there's
no interface by that name. This is OS-dependent, I think, since with
some Solaris tools you can specify the driver type (e.g. "hme", not
necessarily "hme0" or "hme1"). But in Linux I haven't noticed a tool
that worked this way.

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Kyle Maxwell
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