Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!utah-cs!lepreau From: lepreau@utah-cs.UUCP (Jay Lepreau) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Request for enlightenment re `rwhod" Message-ID: <2552@utah-cs.UUCP> Date: Fri, 2-Mar-84 23:56:38 EST Article-I.D.: utah-cs.2552 Posted: Fri Mar 2 23:56:38 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 4-Mar-84 02:16:03 EST References: vax4.1405 Lines: 10 The problem is probably simply that the 4.2 rhwod throws away malformed packets, which is OK except that the check is overly stringent and it throws out all hostnames with '-' in them. Change an "isalnum" in rwhod.c to "isprint", say. I am really do expect your ethernet is a broadcast medium and that IFF_BROADCAST is set; try ifconfig. (like "il0"). (Course ifconfig had its bugs too, but they shouldn't affect this.) Jay Lepreau, lepreau@utah-cs, harpo!utah-cs!lepreau