Re: ComOS dest 0.0.0.0 PPP bug

Dr. Delete Ph.D. (doc@lame.org)
Mon, 16 Oct 1995 17:26:59 -0400 (EDT)

>
> Saw this problem many, many, many^5 times previous to ComOS 3.1.4. Since
> upgrading to 3.1.4 though (almost a month now), this hasn't occurred
> once. Are you running 3.1.4?

Yes.. And this is the first time I've seen this problem since upgrading.

> The only similar problem that I still see in 3.1.4 is that, in at least
> OUR case, a portmaster at the upper edge of a class of an address space
> sometimes issues an IP address *ONE* higher than it should. E.g. we have
> a pm whose assigned addr in a Class C is a.b.c.225, so the 30 address
> range should be a.b.c.225 - a.b.c.254; but it sometimes assigns
> a.b.c.255, which obviously is a problem. PM's *NOT* at the edge of the
> Class C do not, thus far, exhibit this behaviour. E.g. the PM whose
> range is a.b.c.195 - a.b.c.224 has never accidentally issued a.b.c.225.

This occured on our second PM2-30 which is one of the most heavily used,
but its right in the center of a flat class C.

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