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- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
- Path: sparky!uunet!psinntp!cooper!hak
- From: hak@alf.cooper.edu (Jeff Hakner)
- Subject: Re: ATT 3B2 Hop Counter
- Message-ID: <1992Jul30.014614.18338@alf.cooper.edu>
- Organization: The Cooper Union ( NY, NY )
- References: <1992Jul28.154342.17716@eco.twg.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 01:46:14 GMT
- Lines: 38
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- in article <1992Jul28.154342.17716@eco.twg.com>, reece@eco.twg.com (Reece R. Pollack) says:
- > Sender: reece@crash.eco.twg.com (Reece R. Pollack)
- > Nntp-Posting-Host: eco.twg.com
- > Reply-To: reece@eco.twg.com (Reece R. Pollack)
- > Organization: The Wollongong Group (East Coast Operations)
- > References: <1992Jul27.161124.17031@wdl.loral.com>
- > Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 15:43:42 GMT
- > Lines: 23
- >
- >
- > In article <1992Jul27.161124.17031@wdl.loral.com>, wrl@wdl1.wdl.loral.com (Bill Lewandowski) writes:
- > |>We have a user with a ATT 3B2 computer. We think we have a problem
- > |>with data packets taking more than 16 hops through the NSFNET
- > |>T3 network and the MILNET and the 3B2 is ignoring them because >16.
- > |>
- > |>Anyone know how I can increase the hops to a normal 32 or so.
- > |>
- > |>I don't have the computer here so I can't read any manuals so
- > |>any help is really appreciated.
- >
- > In the system IP configuration file '/etc/master.d/ip' there is a
- > definition:
- >
- > IP_TTL = 0xf
- >
- > Change this to whatever hexadecimal value you deem neccesary and
- > reboot using '/etc/system' to rebuild the kernel.
-
- You also need to run mkboot. I suggest this procedure:
-
- 1) cp /unix /unix.sav #or some other meaningful name
- 2) edit /etc/master.d/ip
- 3) mkboot /boot/IP
- 4) shutdown -i5 -g0 -y
- 5) when you reach firmware mode, enter the firmware password
- 6) when asked which program to run, type /etc/system
- 7) hit return for the device number prompt
- 8) The system will come up. A new /unix will be generated.
-