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

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

Wouldn't be the first time. :)  But yes, broadcast and netmasks are fine
for the class B that the're using.  As Paul has pointed out, the token
ring routing and tcp/ip routing are two different things.  

Lee. 

On Fri, 29 Jan 1999, Chris wrote:

> Might sound silly...but, is the netmask set up correctly for the
> broadcast/network?
> Chris
> 
> Lee Shakespeare wrote:
> 
> > 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
> > >
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