niklas@appli.se (Niklas Hallqvist) (12/28/90)
Hello! We're having a problem interfacing the packet driver from PC-NFS! I've installed the packet driver compatibility kit earlier submitted to the net just like the manual page describes. I'm using a 3C503 card and the NCSA utilities run just fine. The problem is: when PC-NFS sends out an ARP request it uses an ethernet address of 0x0.0x0.0x0.0x0.0x0.0x0 as the source address instead of the in-PROM one. The sought host answers to this faulty address, but that's the last thing that happens. Now PC-NFS is stuck! I've tried to hardcode the ethernet address using PC-NFS' ARP command and the arpbypass program on my unix host. Now, things looks nicer in an IP package capture, but the PC won't answer the PROMed address either! Sigh!! There is a program called myeaddr in the PC-NFS distribution which correctly returns the REAL ethernet address, but I suppose that utility bypasses the packet driver. What are we doing wrong here? Geoff, are you listening? Please, help us! BTW, what are the standard way to do an ethernet broadcast? Sending to 0x0.0x0.0x0.0x0.0x0.0x0 or 0xff.0xff.0xff.0xff.0xff.0xff? We seem to have both models in use on our heterogenous network. Can one trust all ethernet nodes to listen to BOTH of these addresses? Thanx in advance Niklas -- Niklas Hallqvist Phone: +46-(0)31-40 75 00 Applitron Datasystem Fax: +46-(0)31-83 39 50 Molndalsvagen 95 Email: niklas@appli.se S-412 63 GOTEBORG, Sweden mcsun!sunic!chalmers!appli!niklas
jbreeden@netcom.UUCP (John Breeden) (12/29/90)
In article <1225@appli.se> niklas@appli.se (Niklas Hallqvist) writes: > > Hello! > > We're having a problem interfacing the packet driver from PC-NFS! >I've installed the packet driver compatibility kit earlier submitted to the >net just like the manual page describes. I'm using a 3C503 card and the >NCSA utilities run just fine. The problem is: when PC-NFS sends out an ARP >request it uses an ethernet address of 0x0.0x0.0x0.0x0.0x0.0x0 as the source Congrats! You've found THE bug in an OLD copy! :-) The fixed version is on sun.soe.clarkson.edu in directory /pub/ka9q as compat.tar.Z and/or compat.zip. -- John Robert Breeden, netcom!jbreeden@apple.com, apple!netcom!jbreeden, ATTMAIL:!jbreeden ------------------------------------------------------------------- "The nice thing about standards is that you have so many to choose from. If you don't like any of them, you just wait for next year's model."