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From: geoff@hinode.East.Sun.COM (Geoff Arnold @ Sun BOS - R.H. coast near the top)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs
Subject: Re: ARP packets via SLIP with PC-NFS
Keywords: ARP, PCNFS, SLIP
Message-ID: <1113@east.East.Sun.COM>
Date: 29 Nov 89 02:36:49 GMT
References: <412@massey.ac.nz>
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Reply-To: geoff@East.Sun.COM (Geoff Arnold @ Sun BOS - R.H. coast near the top)
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In article <412@massey.ac.nz> GEustace@massey.ac.nz (Glen Eustace) writes:
> After resorting to a Datacom Analyser, it would seem that
>PCNFS is sending an ARP packet for each host to the Pyramid. Pyramid SLIP
>Interface doesn't support ARP, consequently no connections can be made.
>
>ARP on SLIP seems a bit non sensical anyway?  Is it possible to tell
>PCNFS that it shouldn't send the ARP request.  What would it do with the
>reply anyway?

When configured for SLIP, PC-NFS doesn't send ARP packets. The magic
incantation in "config.sys" is the "/x" switch on the PCNFS.SYS
line, which (1) says "don't ARP, just toss the packet down to the Link
Level Driver", (2) tweaks the NFS tsize (if you really want to run
NFS itself, rather than just TCP/IP apps), (3) adjusts all the timeouts,
and (4) turns off the license violation detection (think about it....).
If you set up SLIP using INSTALL or NFSCONF, this flag should be set.
If you hand-crafted it....

Geoff

Geoff Arnold, PCDS Group,     | Quote of the week: "Shut up and mind your
Sun Microsystems Inc.         | Canadian business, you meddlesome foreigner."
Internet: geoff@East.Sun.COM  | (Theodore A.Kaldis, <kaldis@topaz.rutgers.edu>
Disclaimer: Obviously....     | on Nov. 22 1989, in reply to Joe Nunes.)


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