d6jg wrote: 
> You misunderstand me Greg. It isn't usual to ever specify a broadcast
> address. It is calculated from the gateway address and the subnet
> netmask.

Hi d6jg,

It is one of those situations where we can mask it completely from the
user OR expose the option in case there is a situation where it is
different. :D

I wonder why the "ifconfig" command has a broadcast address option? I
dunno!

regards
Greg


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