Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ames!vsi1!daver!dlr
From: dlr@daver.UUCP (Dave Rand)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: NFS Performance through Routers
Message-ID: <14807@daver.UUCP>
Date: 19 Mar 89 08:14:40 GMT
References: <237@alux2.ATT.COM> <633@garcon.cso.uiuc.edu>
Reply-To: dlr@daver.UUCP (Dave Rand)
Organization: Association for the Prevention of Polar Bears and Kangaroos
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In article <633@garcon.cso.uiuc.edu> kline@tuna.cso.uiuc.edu (Charley Kline) writes:
>> the fact that older versions of UNIX are trying to forward IP broadcast
>> packets.  When these hosts receive a broadcasted RIP packet addressed
>> to 128.94.255.255, they think it's a packet destined to a specific
>Yow! Be careful with your broadcast address! If you have old Suns, they'll
>be using a zero's broadcast (128.94.0.0). The p4200 by default will use
Please forgive my ignorance, but I have noticed this as well. Why do
machines ARP for broadcast IP addresses?


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Dave Rand
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