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- Path: sparky!uunet!think.com!ames!pacbell.com!well!nlane
- From: nlane@well.sf.ca.us (Nathan D. Lane)
- Subject: Strange tftp/bootp/netmask problem
- Message-ID: <BzzLxL.sq@well.sf.ca.us>
- Summary: Xstation trying to boot from slip????
- Sender: news@well.sf.ca.us
- Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 20:51:21 GMT
- Lines: 22
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- I have a strange problem after just converting to a class B network with
- a class C netmask. The machine has one ethernet and one slip interface
- and is running on a 350, with aix 3.2.[>0<3]. My netmasks are consistent
- across the entire net. Today, when trying to boot an xterminal, it
- got a successful bootp response, and then tried to tftp through my
- slip interface for its files! I removed the slip interface and it
- booted just fine through the regular ethernet. I would really like
- to have that slip line working, but can't if I want to have xstations
- boot from it. The only reason I know what is going on is because we
- have third party xterminals that tell us what is going on. Our lone
- IBM Xstation is, I would imagine, doing the same thing, since it won't
- boot when we have a slip interface running (or even configured).
-
- I first thought it was a reverse IP host lookup problem from the
- DNS from h--l. However, I just popped in /etc/hosts, removed all dns
- stuff, and the problem still appeared.
-
- Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
-
- -Nathan Lane
- Trico Title Company, Santa Barbara, CA
- nlane@well.sf.ca.us
-