[ECOS] Unicast support

[Gary Thomas]

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 :-)

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