Re: [linux-tr] howto disable source route bridgeing?

[Lee Shakespeare <lee@mbtuk.demon.co.uk>]

That was the way I originally thought the network would have been 
configured, but alas not.  The network appears a flat class B with the
hubs / switches doing the routing between each other.  

On Thu, 28 Jan 1999, Chris wrote:

> Are all the machines hanging off the rings on the same subnet?  If all else
> fails, you can set up static routes to all machines with "route" command.
> Chris
> 
> Lee Shakespeare wrote:
> 
> > Hi Folks.
> >
> > I'm trying to connect a linux box (2.0.35) to a rather large token ring
> > network and am encountering a few problems.  The network has a number of
> > 3com token ring hubs, which are joined by a 3com 7000 ATM switch.  I can
> > see all the machines on the local token ring, but none on the other
> > rings.  An NT box which sits on the same ring can see the whole network.
> >
> > I've been told by the people in the know, that I need to "disable source
> > route bridgeing" for the token ring card.  A quick usenet search has
> > turned up little, source routing hadn't used to work, but does now.  The
> > source code doesn't make an explicit references to it, and I'm no kernel
> > hacker.
> >
> > Does anyone know how I can disable source route bridgeing for the token
> > ring card in the ibmtr module?
> >
> > Thanks for you help.
> >
> > Lee.
> >
> > --
> > lee@mbtuk.demon.co.uk   :   Lee Shakespeare
>