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Date:      Thu, 3 Jan 2002 15:51:40 -0600 
From:      "Samuel Chow" <samchow@nortelnetworks.com>
To:        "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: NIS / networking question
Message-ID:  <3324A9F618DDD511B8210002A52CDE38130136@zcaly0jd.ca.nortel.com>

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Hi there,

> 	I ran tcpdump on box A.  I saw the boardcast packets
> 	from both boxes.  Box A answered the boardcast packets 
> 	from box B,	but it does not answer the boardcast packets 
> 	from itself.  
> 
> 	Question: Why is box A not answering boardcast from itself?
> 	Is this normal?	

	Nevermind, I found the following PR that address
	this problem.  And, I do have the xl card.
	Sorry for the wasted bandwidth.

	http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=31954

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Samuel Chow

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Hi there,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&gt; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I ran tcpdump on box A.&nbsp; I saw the boardcast packets</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>&gt; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; from both boxes.&nbsp; Box A answered the boardcast packets </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>&gt; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; from box B,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; but it does not answer the boardcast packets </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>&gt; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; from itself.&nbsp; </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>&gt; </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>&gt; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Question: Why is box A not answering boardcast from itself?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>&gt; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Is this normal? </FONT>
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<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <FONT SIZE=2>Nevermind, I found the following PR that address</FONT>
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <FONT SIZE=2>this problem.&nbsp; And, I do have the xl card.</FONT>
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <FONT SIZE=2>Sorry for the wasted bandwidth.</FONT>
</P>

<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=31954" TARGET="_blank">http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=31954</A></FONT>;
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>---</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Samuel Chow</FONT>
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