Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site watmath.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!srradia From: srradia@watmath.UUCP (sanjay Radia) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Gateway hosts forward broadcast packets =>problems with loops Message-ID: <10995@watmath.UUCP> Date: Fri, 18-Jan-85 12:35:47 EST Article-I.D.: watmath.10995 Posted: Fri Jan 18 12:35:47 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 18-Jan-85 15:06:06 EST References: <669@cornell.UUCP> Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 12 I saw a couple of fixes to allow gateway hosts to forward broadcast packets. Won't this cause probles if there are loops in the network topology? Wouldn't it be better for applications such as rwho to send a broadcast packet for every net (ie fill in the net part of an address but set the host part to zero). I think 4.2 will forward such packets. -- sanjay UUCP: ...!{ utzoo,decvax,ihnp4,allegra}!watmath!srradia ARPA: srradia%watmath%waterloo.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa CSNET: srradia%watmath@waterloo.CSNET