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From: aruigrok@bnr.ca (Adrian C Ruigrok)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Interpoll crashes: followup
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Date: 9 Jan 90 21:56:32 GMT
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Thanks for those that sent me their comments on the problems I was having 
with Interpoll crashing yesterday.  It rooted out a lot of possabilities 
(ie. not System 6.0.4...) 

I did a network trace and learned a few things that you may find 
interesting.  First of all, I did not realize that interpoll did name 
binding broadcast requests while you were in the network dialog.  It 
explains why I was crashing even before I started a search.  What 
interpoll does with the data it is getting in background I can only guess.

One of the last packets I received was a NBP Lookup-Reply with one of the 
entries being node 0.  So does this illegal value of a node number kill 
Interpoll.  I will dig some more, but that seems to be consistent.  I am 
lucky enough to have 2 networks out of our 124 that have a node 0 on them.
 Both seem to crash Interpoll when I select them or search them.
Comments?  Other people come across this?  
Thanks again for the input,
Adrian

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