Re: ComOS dest 0.0.0.0 PPP bug (fwd)

Brian 'MegaZone' Bikowicz ((no email))
Wed, 18 Oct 1995 13:02:18 -0700 (PDT)

Once upon a time Todd Walker shaped the electrons to say...
>I have also seen this problem recently, both on 3.1.2 and 3.1.4. It seems to
>be happening about every 1-2 weeks now. It appears to be load related since
>it has only occured on our busiest portmaster.
>
>I have also seen the problem where IP's higher than those in the address pool
>get assigned. (If I hadn't noticed the same IP address being given out on 2

It is the same bug.

PMs are hardcoded so they can only give out 32 IPs MAX. No more. So, an IP
in the pool 'sticks', and it goes to 31. Happens again, 32. Happens again -
out of IPs - 0.0.0.0.

We had a bug with the same manifestation in earlier releases, and thought we
had done with it. But either it is lingering, or this is a different bug
with the same symptoms. It is much rarer this time.

-MZ

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