Path: utzoo!utgpu!CUNYVM!IBMTCP-L
Date:	Thu, 22 Feb 90 10:19:14 EST
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From:	Paul Goodwin <PGOODWIN@GTRI01.bitnet>
Subject:      Re: Confused/confusing VM TCP/IP
To:	UofToronto LAN redistribution <IBMTCP-L@UTORGPU.uucp>
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Message-ID: <90Feb22.200636est.58643@ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca>
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We have also had an instance where a user started up a MACII and duplicated
our mainframe's IP address.  Apparrently, the MAC sent out a message saying
'this is my IP address, and this is my ethernet address', which was picked up
by the big system.  It saw it's own IP address, and updated the online version
of it's ethernet address.

Our 'fix' was to shutdown and re-ipl the TCP/IP account and reset our 8232.

I am not sure if a fix is available for this; our solution was to tell the
MAC user not to do it again....  :-)

Paul Goodwin
Georgia Institute of Technology
'As a general rule, Georgia Tech doubts everything that I say'