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From: schorr@ead.dsa.com (Andrew J. Schorr)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: RS/6000 broadcasts not heard by sender
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Date: 18 Oct 90 15:28:48 GMT
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In the course of porting our software, we have noticed that
the RS/6000 does not "hear" its own broadcasts.  Before continuing,
I should mention that we are using ethernet, not token ring.

If a program broadcasts a request to a certain port, a daemon
listening on that port on the same machine will not receive
the packet!  This behavior is definitely inconsistent with
SunOS and, I imagine, with other platforms as well.  According
to my SE, this behavior is known and has to do with the design
of the ethernet hardware.

I would call this a bug, not a "feature."  Are other people
having problems with this?  Is IBM going to fix this?

-Andy