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From: arc@thyme.wpd.sgi.com (Andrew Cherenson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: Dog (Flight)
Keywords: dog flight simulation
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Date: 25 Mar 90 23:47:50 GMT
References: <1368@pc.ecn.purdue.edu>
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In article <1368@pc.ecn.purdue.edu> merrifie@pc.ecn.purdue.edu (Michael C Merrifield) writes:
>
>      RE: dog (flight) over NFS
		       (over ethernet, really)
>QUESTION: Is there any way to isolate the sgi's running dog on the
>          network?  In other words, how do I localize the `packet
>          storms' generated by dog so other unsuspecting machines
>          on the network are not affected?

Fixed in a future release of IRIX. By default, "dog" will use UDP/IP
multicasting instead of broadcasting. It'll still generate the same amount
of traffic but only those machines playing "dog" will receive the packets.