Am I right that in theory one can construct a 2 interfaces Ethernet
network with a netmask of 255.255.255.254?
Will this setup work under Linux? Should ifconfig for such a setup be
run with the pointopoint (point-to-point) flag?
Considering for example
[ 192.168.0.10 ] <-----> [ 192.168.0.11 ]
will the kernel, or perhaps something else be smart enough to send any
broadcast (192.168.0.11) message to the other host rather then to the
same host? And similarly for messages to the network address
192.168.0.10? Actually, does the network address 192.168.0.10 ever get
used in practice?
Are there reasons to skip such an Ethernet network and keep the
smallest network with a minimum of 4 hosts and a netmask of
255.255.255.252?
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