Where are you reading that?
>I remember reading (on this mailing list, I think) that this restriction
>can safely be ignored?
If you use modern equipment - Livingston handles it, Cisco does (you need to
toggle it on though), so does Xylogics, Sun, and all the others I can think
of.
>Is that true? Why has it changed?
Technology. That restriction is from *way* back in TCP/IP's development,
things change over time.
-MZ
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