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- From: wayne@kean.ucs.mun.ca
- Subject: PCS AND DUPLICATE TCP ADDRESSES
- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.234846.1@kean.ucs.mun.ca>
- Lines: 18
- Sender: usenet@news.ucs.mun.ca (NNTP server account)
- Organization: Memorial University. St.John's Nfld, Canada
- Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 02:18:46 GMT
-
- I am using CMU TCP on a VAX running VMS. I am telneting to this vax from
- PC's using Kermit 3.11 ( which has built-in telnet ).
-
- Many times pc users copy the kermit file from their pc around to other
- machines. One of the files they copy is mskermit.ini that has the tcp
- address of the person's pc. When that file is copied, the receiving machine
- also gets the tcp address of the copying machine. And on it goes. Sometimes
- a whole lab of pc's gets the same tcp address. The network dies a slow
- death.
-
- My question is " Is there a way to prevent a pc from accessing the network
- if there is already a pc on the network at that moment with the same tcp
- address as the one attempting access ?
-
- Any help would be greatly appreciated.
-
- Wayne Hann
- wayne@leif.ucs.mun.ca
-