Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: IPX overbroadcasting? | Date | Fri, 15 Jan 1999 10:05:38 -0600 (CST) | From | "Gilbert Ramirez Jr." <> |
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As tz@execpc.com said: > > On Thu, 14 Jan 1999, Gilbert Ramirez Jr. wrote: > > > Radovan, > > > > Yes, my 2.2.0 Linux computer brought down our LAN with IPX packets, like > > you mention. But the packets my box was sending out weren't broadcast > > packets. They were packets intended for a specific file server requesting > > an NCP connection. They appeared to be packets that could have come from my > > computer, instead of being copies of NetBIOS broadcasts as you found. > > > > I don't know yet what triggered my problems; I have not reproduced the > > problem, although my co-workers really don't want me to, since the > > traffic keeps them from logging into the NetWare file server. :-) > > > > We're running NetWare 4.11 mostly, with some 3.x and one 5.0. I use > > token-ring, and you use ethernet. > > > > I'll continue probing to see if I can't cause my problem to happen again. > > Around line 753 of net/ipx/af_ipx.c is: > if(ipx->ipx_type == IPX_TYPE_PPROP > > Try making this "if( 0 && ..." or otherwise disabling this. > > Are either of you running an internal IPX network node? > > Do you know if it is "Type 20 Broadcast" packets that are flooding the > net?
I am not running an internal IPX network. My repeated packet was not a broadcast, but an NCP request.
The source IPX network and node are my ring and my Olicom card. The IPX packet type is 00, or "IPX".
--gilbert
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