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Re: (ASCEND) I hate to ask questions like this...
The issue related to the Pipeline. I assumed it was obvious (sorry) that my
answer related to the subject of the question. I'll be more careful next time.
At 05:04 PM 7/1/98 -0500, Tim Jung wrote:
>I should shoot you people for this advice for the Max4048!!!!!!!!!
>
>If you turn the proxy mode off then no DNS lookup with occur on the 6.1.3
>release of the Max4048. I just did it and suddenly all of my customer could
>*NOT* get around on the DNS. I even verified this calling myself on the
Max4048
>but my Livingston 2E30's were fine.
>
>!!!!DO NOT TURN OFF THE PROXY MODE OR YOU WILL BE SERIOUSLY <this is a family
>list>!!!!
>
>Tim Jung
>System Admin
>Internet Gateway Inc.
>tjung@igateway.net
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kevin A. Smith <kevin@ascend.com>
>To: Steve Camas <stevec@liii.com>; ascend-users@bungi.com
><ascend-users@bungi.com>
>Date: Wednesday, July 01, 1998 3:11 PM
>Subject: 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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>>
>>Kevin Smith Ascend Communications...
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>>
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>
>
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