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Re: (ASCEND) I hate to ask questions like this...
Change the parameter:
/ethernet/mod_config/ether_options/proxy_mode
to off. It should stop doing this, and have no detrimental effect on the
functionality.
At 12:55 PM 7/1/98 -0400, Steve Camas wrote:
>People,
>
>I have observed a bahavior in Pipeline routers that I can't decide is
>right or not... Here's what happens...
>
>If I were to give the ethernet port of a Pipeline router an IP of
>192.168.1.1/24 and then plug it into a network with a bunch of Win95
>machines on the network 192.168.2.0, all of the Win95 machines start
>complaining that someone else is using their IP. Since this is a weird
>thing to do in the first place, it never bothered me. I have seen
>offices where people have a bunch of Sun workstations and they run two
>different class C networks on the same wire and it seems to work fine.
>When they do this, are they violating some RFC and it just happens to
>work?
>
>It seems to me as if the Pipeline responds to ARP requests for the world
>if it has an IP that is not on the network.
>
>I hate asking questions like this 'cos I fear someone is going to tell me
>that I am an idiot and I should read RFC blah or an FAQ.... I'll take my
>chances...
>
>Steve
>
>
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