In article <20010621183849.A20092@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> you wrote: > [-]broadcast [addr] > If the address argument is given, set the protocol > broadcast address for this interface. Otherwise, > set (or clear) the IFF_BROADCAST flag for the > interface. ifconfig eth0 -broadcast Greetings Bernd - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org