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From: /usr1/jdh@shamash.cdc.com (/usr1/jdh)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: A/UX as a Yellow Pages Client
Summary: We have found the problem. Thanks.
Keywords: yellow pages ypbind sun
Message-ID: <13874@shamash.cdc.com>
Date: 28 Aug 89 16:40:22 GMT
References: <13848@shamash.cdc.com>
Organization: Control Data Corporation, Arden Hills, MN.
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In article <13848@shamash.cdc.com>, I wrote:
> Has anyone tried to use an A/UX system as a yellow pages client to Sun
> yellow pages servers?  We have been able to put our A/UXs into their own
> domain and serve each other.  However, if we try to put the A/UXs into our
> general domain as clients where the servers are Sun workstations, ypbind
> will hang on the A/UXs.
  ...
> 
> Thanks for any insight.

Thanks to all who responded either through mail or the net.  Our problem was
that the broadcast address on the A/UXs was different than the one on the
SUNs.  We just changed the /etc/NETADDRS files and rebooted and everything was
hunky-dory.

Jeff Holmbeck
Control Data Corporation