rjberke@skvax1.csc.ti.com (Richard Berke - TI Data Communications) (02/12/91)
From: SKVAX1::RJBERKE "Richard Berke - TI Data Communications" 8-FEB-1991 17:35:21.34 Subj: KA9Q, RIP, IP broadcast to 255 instead of 0 I notice KA9Q (901130) sending his RIPs to IP destination 0's, rather than the 255's in my IF CONFIG control statement. I can't seem to get him to use 255. My IF line: if config mynet ipaddress 128.247.201.36 netmask 0xffff0000 broadcast 128.247.255.255 I thought that configuration should make KA9Q, when he emits RIPs, send out for 128.247.255.255. I have an arp add for that address. Please advise what I need to correct. Thanks, Richard Berke rjberke@skvax1.csc.ti.com Texas Instruments Plano, TX
karn@epic.bellcore.com (Phil R. Karn) (02/12/91)
In article <9102112108.AA28730@tilde>, rjberke@skvax1.csc.ti.com (Richard Berke - TI Data Communications) writes: |> I notice KA9Q (901130) sending his RIPs to IP destination 0's, |> rather than the 255's in my IF CONFIG control statement. |> I can't seem to get him to use 255. (blush). Actually, many of the parameters to the ifconfig statement are not yet implemented; the broadcast address is one of them. The broadcast address used by RIP is specified in the "rip add" command; you also have to make sure that there's an entry in the ARP table that will map this address to the proper link broadcast address (i.e., ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff for Ethernet). Someday I'll clean all this stuff up... Phil