Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ames!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!LINDY.STANFORD.EDU!hjs From: hjs@LINDY.STANFORD.EDU Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk Subject: Re: broadcast storm Message-ID: Date: 25 Feb 89 22:57:40 GMT References: <508@nikhefk.UUCP> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 47 Here is a decode of the sample broadcast storm frames you reported. You can see it is RTMP traffic. Were you aware that your K-boxes think there are five Appletalk Nets around? Not just net 1??? It appears you have two routers (153 and 192) on the LocalTalk. (AppleTalk decode courtesy of the Network General Sniffer PA-1310 AppleTalk Protocol Suite option.) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Frame 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SUMMARY Delta T Destination Source Summary M 2 0.0000 Broadcast KinetxA04499 RTMP R NET=1.0 Routing entries=5 RTMP:----- RTMP Data ----- RTMP: RTMP: Net = 1.0 RTMP: Node id length = 8 bits RTMP: Node id = 153 RTMP: RTMP: Tuple 1 : Net = 14337.0, Distance = 1 RTMP: Tuple 2 : Net = 1.0, Distance = 0 RTMP: Tuple 3 : Net = 14338.0, Distance = 2 RTMP: Tuple 4 : Net = 14339.0, Distance = 0 RTMP: Tuple 5 : Net = 15289.0, Distance = 0 RTMP: RTMP:[Normal end of "RTMP Data ".] RTMP: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Frame 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SUMMARY Delta T Destination Source Summary 3 0.0000 Broadcast KinetxA04499 RTMP R NET=1.0 Routing entries=5 RTMP:----- RTMP Data ----- RTMP: RTMP: Net = 1.0 RTMP: Node id length = 8 bits RTMP: Node id = 192 RTMP: RTMP: Tuple 1 : Net = 14337.0, Distance = 1 RTMP: Tuple 2 : Net = 1.0, Distance = 0 RTMP: Tuple 3 : Net = 14338.0, Distance = 1 RTMP: Tuple 4 : Net = 14339.0, Distance = 1 RTMP: Tuple 5 : Net = 15289.0, Distance = 0 RTMP: RTMP:[Normal end of "RTMP Data ".] RTMP: