Bruce M Simpson wrote pointing out AODV (RFC 3561) as an example of a routing protocol needing to send to 255.255.255.255 on multiple interfaces at once. I withdraw my scorn of kernel mods to facilitate this. -- Barney Wolff http://www.databus.com/bwresume.pdf I'm available by contract or FT, in the NYC metro area or via the 'Net.