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From: Rick Owens <rowens@cyberport.net>
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: MS-DOS Kermit 3.14 Second Edition
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1995 23:19:28 GMT
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jrd@cc.usu.edu (Joe Doupnik) wrote:
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> Ugh(tm). Arcnet with ODI has its share of problems when it comes
>to ARP. An ARCnet MAC address is one byte long, yet ODI provides six byte
>MAC addresses. Which end of that string will the byte appear? Undocumented.
>The medium ident appearing in an ARP packet reflects the kind of wiring,
>6 for Ethernet and presumably 7 for ARCnet. I did make some changes in the
>MAC address extraction procedure in MSK mark II, and maybe something got
>broken.
FWLIW, Novell's user list shows it on the right (least significant byte).
> I tested earlier MSK's with ARCnet, and honestly I found that
>arrangment to be flakey at best. It's not MSK but rather whatever IP
>routing a NW server does in that case. I found that connections would
>cease operating after a while or be reluctant to progress.
Well, we've been lucky; MSK 3.13 and early 3.14 have both been working for
us, and should (hopefully) see us through 'till we can junk the ARCnet
wiring and NICs. (I will be _so_ glad when we can afford to switch all
that--stuff--to Ethernet. ARCnet is a royal pain in more ways than one.)
> I'll see if I can resolve the situation. It's a little awkward because
>I have to take apart machines and move them to construct an ARCnet environment
>and then route IP to Ethernet. This may take several days because I'm eyeballs
>deep in swamp creatures already and students are about to descend upon my
>place en masse.
> Joe D.
Thanks! If there's anything I can do to give you more info, please ask.
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| All opinions are personal unless stated otherwise. |
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| Rick Owens, Computer Op. Tech. <rowens@cyberport.net> |
| Flathead Valley Community College |
| "When the moment dies / the spark still flies / |
| reflected in another pair of eyes!" |
| --Rush, 'Chain Lightning' |
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