Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!mhres!jv From: jv@mh.nl (Johan Vromans) Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix Subject: Re: DecNet-Ultrix / TCP-IP incompatability? Message-ID: Date: 26 Feb 90 06:16:31 GMT References: <9479@portia.Stanford.EDU> <8647@shlump.nac.dec.com> <25E5C914.26964@orion.oac.uci.edu> Sender: jv@mhres.mh.nl Organization: Multihouse Gouda, the Netherlands Lines: 15 In-reply-to: meggers@orion.oac.uci.edu's message of 23 Feb 90 23:36:52 GMT In article <25E5C914.26964@orion.oac.uci.edu> meggers@orion.oac.uci.edu (mark eggers) writes: : DECnet changes your Ethernet hardware address (sigh - what a : stupid thing to do), but then IP starts up and uses the new Ethernet : hardware address. Does anyone know why DECnet changes the hardware address? Johan -- Johan Vromans jv@mh.nl via internet backbones Multihouse Automatisering bv uucp: ..!{uunet,hp4nl}!mh.nl!jv Doesburgweg 7, 2803 PL Gouda, The Netherlands phone/fax: +31 1820 62944/62500 ------------------------ "Arms are made for hugging" -------------------------