From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 21274 invoked by alias); 16 Feb 2007 14:03:31 -0000 Received: (qmail 21256 invoked by uid 22791); 16 Feb 2007 14:03:29 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from 204-133-123-27.dia.static.slbbi.com (HELO mail.chez-thomas.org) (204.133.123.27) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Fri, 16 Feb 2007 14:03:21 +0000 Received: by mail.chez-thomas.org (Postfix, from userid 999) id 2706519502B7; Fri, 16 Feb 2007 07:03:18 -0700 (MST) Received: from [192.168.1.101] (hermes_local [192.168.1.101]) by mail.chez-thomas.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEBE519502AF; Fri, 16 Feb 2007 07:03:02 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <45D5B992.5070903@mlbassoc.com> Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 14:03:00 -0000 From: Gary Thomas User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (X11/20061107) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Frank Eisenack CC: ecos-discuss@sources.redhat.com References: <1171633771.10625.13.camel@Rechner.Netz> In-Reply-To: <1171633771.10625.13.camel@Rechner.Netz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact ecos-discuss-help@ecos.sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: ecos-discuss-owner@ecos.sourceware.org Subject: Re: [ECOS] Unicast support X-SW-Source: 2007-02/txt/msg00178.txt.bz2 Frank Eisenack wrote: > Hi > > According to > http://ecos.sourceware.org/docs-latest/ref/tcpip-freebsd-networking-stack-features.html > as well as the similar entry for the openbsd port, > UNICAST is not supported!? > > Can someone explain to me what that means? unicast, in this context, means a special point-to-point connection, primarily supported for IPv6. > I thought unicast was the "normal" way to communicate via TCP/IP. > So how could I address a ecos device, and how could I send requests to > somewhere from an ecos device? Normal network traffic, based on IP & ARP, works just fine :-) -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Gary Thomas | Consulting for the MLB Associates | Embedded world ------------------------------------------------------------ -- Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss