RT Ethernet problem revisited

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3 total messages Started by Gordon Stewart Thu, 20 Jul 1989 23:33

#142

Author: Gordon Stewart
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1989 23:33

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As a follow-up to my recent posting about TCP/IP problems...

It took IBM Product Support a week of working on this problem to 
discover that it is a common one, and that there are several levels
of "corrective services" (bug "fixes", you wascawwy wabbit!) for
TCP/IP.  After wasting my time for a week, they gave me another number
to call. Arrgh!

I DID receive the communications cookbook in the mail -- which is, of
course, loaded with erroneous info -- several command options which it lists
for "ping" don't exist, for example!

If I ever get the net up and running, I will post a recipe.  I still don't
know why the X on DOS software sets the Ethernet Address of the local
host to 00 00 00 00 00 !!! Is that a bug, or is it related to the ARP??

again, any e-mail replies appreciated.

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				{apple, pacbell, hplabs, ucbvax}!well!gors
							gors@well.sf.ca.us
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Re: RT Ethernet problem revisited

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Author: brunner
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 1989 18:10

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In article <12794@well.UUCP> gors@well.UUCP (Gordon Stewart) writes:
>As a follow-up to my recent posting about TCP/IP problems...

>I DID receive the communications cookbook in the mail -- which is, of
>course, loaded with erroneous info -- several command options which it lists
>for "ping" don't exist, for example!

The source for ping has been in the public domain ever since Mike Meuss (BRL)
worte it. I don't know which options you refer to, source routing is a common
unimplimented flag. Could you specify which options are unimplimented and how
you would use any option to fix your net? I assume that at least you can send
an icmp echo packet and get in return an icmp echo-reply packet.

Eric Brunner, IBM AWD Palo Alto
inet: brunner@monet.berkeley.edu or brunner%ibmsupt@uunet.uu.net
uucp: uunet!ibmsupt!brunner		(415) 855-4486

Re: RT Ethernet problem revisited

#231

Author: Gordon Stewart
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 1989 20:16

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Unless your responses are timely and informative, they are of little
value.

The Communications cookbook has several errors which are not entirely
typographic in nature -- these include descriptions of the responses
to various commands, including 'netstat' and 'ping'.

The RT Diagnostic diskettes for AIX 2.2.1 DO contain baseband adapter
tests -- however, it required a service call from a CE (and another 3
days) before I had working copies of THOSE!

The entire support structure at IBM seems intended to frustrate the
poor programmer -- despite the fact that there are a few well-informed
people, whose work is invaluable.  But IBM's corporate policy in re
Software support is awful.  


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				{apple, pacbell, hplabs, ucbvax}!well!gors
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