GKN%OAK.SAINET.MFENET@LLL-MFE.ARPA (02/01/86)
Date: Fri, 31-JAN-1986 23:37 EST
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From: Arpa%"AWalker@RED.RUTGERS.EDU" 31-JAN-1986 10:12
Subj: Another interesting one
Date: 28 Jan 86 06:09:11 EST
Message-ID: <12178807774.2.AWALKER@RED.RUTGERS.EDU>
...I've run across entries in netserver.log of the type
'' connect request received from 1026::"0=USER" which turns
out to be host 2.
[...]
Do host numbers wrap around at 1024, is 2 translating to 1026,
and why would my host be adding extra bits to the incoming host
number? In other words, what's going on?
A Phase IV DECnet address looks like this:
+------+----------+
! area ! address !
+------+----------+
1 1 0
5 0
The area number is in the high order 6 bits, and the node address is in
the low order 10 bits. Your node 2 is in area 1, which accounts for the
1024 bias you see in the node address.
gkn