Re: DECnet phase IV node drops itself. Why? How?

From: AEF (spamsink2001_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 09/29/05 

Date: 29 Sep 2005 11:41:28 -0700

Colin Butcher wrote:
> Have you got a copy of that node's system disc restored to another box and
> inadvertently they're on the same network? If so then you'll have a

No.

> duplicate MAC address (and DECnet Phase IV address). It's conceivable that
> there are odd timing effects within your VLAN (or extended VLAN across
> multiple sites) that have somehow allowed them both to come up at the same
> time.

It works fine most of the time. I was mostly interested in what it
means for a node to drop itself (as that doesn't make any sense to me)
and why a node would be rejected.

Thanks for your help.

>
> --
>
> Hope this helps, Colin.
> colin DOT butcher AT xdelta DOT co DOT uk
> It's not mine, but I like this definition: Legacy = stuff that works.

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