[comp.protocols.appletalk] RIP and MacTCP

lafleur@sicsun.epfl.ch (Bill La Fleur) (06/05/91)

   First of all a big THANKS to those who replied to my last question about
FTP'ing.  Well, it turns out that the problem wasn't with the Mac at all.  The
problem turned out to be another machine that was putting out RIP broadcasts
and therefore misdirecting MacTCP.  The Mac would go to the Apollo when looking
for networks outside the school, and the Apollo wouldn't respond.

   Now my next question...we don't use RIP here at the school [or at least
that's our policy :-)], but that doesn't stop some people from broadcasting the
stuff anyways.  Is there any way to suppress RIP in MacTCP so that it ignores
these redirects?  This way we can be guarenteed that we won't have any problems
like this in the future.

Merci d'avance...Furry Bill

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