Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 11:36:47 -0500 (CDT) From: ptroot@uswest.com (Paul T. Root) To: narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee (Narvi) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Talk problems btw. FreeBSD & Sun Message-ID: <199606181636.LAA04787@astro.acs.uswest.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960618180201.6623A-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> from "Narvi" at Jun 18, 96 06:25:59 pm
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In a previous message, Narvi said: > > > HI! > > I am having problems with talk between a FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE machine > and a Sun4M running SunOS 5.5 (or so the uname reports). The problem is - > it is not possible to either talk from FreeBSD to the sun (using talk > user@sun.machine) or from the Sun to FreeBSD (using talk > user@freebsd.machine). Tcpdump shows packets comming from the Sun machine > to the FreeBSD machine and icmp messages "udp port talk unreachable" going > pack to the Sun. Sun uses the old talk (BSD4.2 based). FreeBSD being 4.4, uses new talk. They are incompatable. I believe the solution is to get ntalk (new talk) on the Sun. Paul. -- Paul T. Root - USWEST !NTERPRISE Networking Service ptroot@uswest.com If it all worked, we wouldn't have a job.
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