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From: rogerk@mips.COM (Roger B.A. Klorese)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: BROADCAST ADDRESS ON HP-UX.
Message-ID: <37117@mips.mips.COM>
Date: 16 Mar 90 20:22:52 GMT
References: <608@inesc.UUCP> <1300005@hpgnd.HP.COM>
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Reply-To: rogerk@mips.COM (Roger B.A. Klorese)
Organization: MIPS Computer Systems, Sunnyvale, CA
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In article <1300005@hpgnd.HP.COM> timg@hpgnd.HP.COM (Tim GILL) writes:
>
>>The problem here is that we don't know HOW TO CHANGE the format of the
>>broadcast address in a HP9000 running HP-UX. We tried everything (even
>>ifconfig, of course), but did not succeed. What are we missing?!
>
>Well the reason you don't know HOW TO CHANGE the format of the broadcast
>address is that you CAN'T CHANGE IT.  Sorry about that, but it is fixed
>to conform to the *STANDARD*.  I would suggest contacting  your HP engineer
>for additional help, unless some kind soul has a fix.

What a crock of arrogance!  Just about every "modern" TCP/IP implementation
acknowledges that there will be pre-standard systems on the net, and
permits setting of broadcast addresses.  Why does HP think it "knows better"
than the users? 
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ROGER B.A. KLORESE      MIPS Computer Systems, Inc.      phone: +1 408 720-2939
MS 4-02    928 E. Arques Ave.  Sunnyvale, CA  94086             rogerk@mips.COM
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