Subject: Re: vaxserver 3100 netbooting, nfs_boot timeout
To: None <port-vax@netbsd.org>
From: Thorsten Jens <thojens@gmx.de>
List: port-vax
Date: 09/10/2000 18:10:38
* Johnny Billquist:

> On Sat, 9 Sep 2000, Frederik Meerwaldt wrote:
> 
> > > UDP  from server3100.thod:1023 to 10.255.255.255:sunrpc on eth0
> > > UDP  from server3100.thod:1023 to 10.255.255.255:sunrpc on eth0
> > > 
> > > Shouldn't that be 10.10.10.6:sunrpc since 10.10.10.6 is the
> > > nfs+bootserver? I'm really desperate.
> > 
> > Your server3100 makes a broadcast, and if then your 10.10.10.6 should
> > answer! As said, it should. What does a tcpdump tell about the answer?
> 
> My guess is that he's using a subnet mask, and the network don't recognize
> network broadcasts when you have a subnet...
>
> People seem to love to use a netmask of 0xffffff00 on net 10, for some
> obscure reason (it cannot possibly be that they don't know any better...
> :-)

Hmm -- I *am* using a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0, and I honestly
don't know what should be wrong about subnetting that way. I never
had any problems with this setup, with no OS. Tell me why I should
change that :-)

Thorsten
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