[comp.protocols.appletalk] Broadcast storms from FastPath

frankk@cwi.nl (Frank Kuiper) (03/04/88)

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This week I started to connect two FastPath boxes we recently obtained.

After the initial hassle of figuring out the configuration files,
I managed to use Telnet (v21.1) on the first box I started up.
I'm using the gw.srec program included in the KIP distribution.

Now I have hooked up the second FastPath. This one works fine.
But ever since I rebooted the first one, to take into account
the newly added second box, I get broadcast storms from the
first box.

I can load and start the first FathPath corerectly. I can see that it
gets the routing information from one of our unix machines on the net.
However, after 20 to 30 seconds the FastPath starts to broadcast
message to port 770. Nothing is listening to that port, so no replies
are generated.

Three questions: 
	1) Why is it trying to connect to port 770?
	2) Why is it generating a storm? (Many messages per second)
	3) What can I do about it.

For strong personalities, I have included the configuration files, because
I think that's where the problem is.

atalkatab:

59.184	N1	192.16.184.0	BigBrother	#main cwi net

59.184	N1	192.16.184.0	BigBrother	#main cwi net
88.1	KC	192.16.184.9	BigBrother	#first at net
	I192.16.184.255	I192.16.184.4		#ipbroad ipname
	I192.16.184.4	L0			#ipdebug ipfile
	L0 L0 L0 L0	S0 S0			#ipother unused unused
	LX0		S2	S6		#flags ipstatic ipdynamic
	S88.1	S59.184	"BigBrother"		#atneta atnete zonea

59.184	N1	192.16.184.0	BigBrother	#main cwi net
88.2	K	192.16.184.10	BigBrother	#second at net
	I192.16.184.255	I192.16.184.4		#ipbroad ipname
	I192.16.184.4	L0			#ipdebug ipfile
	L0 L0 L0 L0	S0 S0			#ipother unused unused
	LX0		S2	S6		#flags ipstatic ipdynamic
	S88.2	S59.184	"BigBrother"		#atneta atnete zonea


and atalk.local:
# mynet mynode myzone 
59.184 4 BigBrother
# bridgenet bridgenode bridgeIP
59.184 9 192.16.184.9
59.184 10 192.16.184.10

Thanks in advance for any clues.

Frank Kuiper, CWI, Amsterdam.                                         ___   
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