Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bbn!inmet!ishmael!cball
From: cball@ishmael
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: Broadcast RPC question
Message-ID: <155100002@ishmael>
Date: 14 Oct 88 12:30:00 GMT
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>/* Written 12:51 pm  Oct 12, 1988 by barnett@vdsvax.steinmetz.ge.com in ishmael:comp.protocols.tcp-ip */
>/* ---------- "Broadcast RPC question" ---------- */
>We have a problem on our network with diskless Suns running SunOS 4.0.
>At times they are unable to boot, due to some condition on our
>network.

What are the ifconfig command arguments in the boot file(/etc/rc.boot
in SunOS 3.5)?
We had an intermitant problem with diskless stations using any SunOS that
supports subnets (3.4 or later) on a net with Vaxes running Wollengong TCP.
The fix was to explicitly set the netmask in the ifconfig command.  Try
something like:

ifconfig le0 $hostname netmask 255.255.252 broadcast 3.1.4.0 -trailers up

This workaround was suggested in a discussion about 18-24 months ago.

Charles Ball
cball@Inmet.com
Intermetrics, Inc.