Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site uwvax.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!hao!seismo!uwvax!dave From: dave@uwvax.ARPA Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards,net.lan Subject: Re: Need some 'wizard' help with our ethernet network configuration Message-ID: <375@uwvax.ARPA> Date: Thu, 9-Aug-84 08:56:16 EDT Article-I.D.: uwvax.375 Posted: Thu Aug 9 08:56:16 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 12-Aug-84 01:24:56 EDT References: <110@anwar.UUCP> Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept Lines: 21 > Working system (Pyramid): > /etc/ifconfig il0 > il0: 193.0.9.72 flags=63> > Non Working System (VAX): > /etc/ifconfig il0 > il0: 193.0.9.22 flags=21 Herein lies the problem. Add a line to your /etc/rc: /etc/ifconfig il0 broadcast Also, this behavior of rwho and ruptime is not acceptable. We changed them so that they send their information to a number of specifically named sites instead of the broadcast. This allows rwho/ruptime info on networks that don't have broadcast capability. It also allows hosts to send the info to sites on different networks (we now have two here). -- Dave Cohrs @ wisconsin ...!{allegra,heurikon,ihnp4,seismo,ucbvax,uwm-evax}!uwvax!dave dave@wisc-rsch.arpa