Some more networking problems (loop: bad value)

[Herb Barad]

I am experiencing some weird problems.  We have a Mac II running the
released version of A/UX connected to a Sun 3/280 running 4.0 of
Sun's OS.

I have assigned ethernet numbers as follows:

192.9.200.0	bourbon		# our Sun
192.9.200.10	prytania	# the Mac II

In /etc/NETADDRS, I have used both 192.9.200.10 and 192.9.200.255 as
the broadcasting address.  What is this used for anyway?  There is no
equivalent on the Sun.

When I boot the Mac, I get the following:

loop: bad value
lo0: 0.0.0.0 netmask 0 flags=400<LOOPBACK>
1 Ethernet card(s) installed
ae0: hostname is prytania with IP address of 192.9.200.10 broadcasting with
	192.9.200.255
ae0: 192.9.200.10 netmask ffffff00 flags=63<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING>
broadcast: 192.9.200.255

with the very same messages when I used 192.9.200.10 for the broadcasting
address.

So, here's what I notice.  I CAN mount an NFS volume from the Sun.  I
mount /home on the Mac and then I do a listing of /home.  Sometimes
it is there and sometimes it is not!??!  That is, when I do an 'ls /home'
I sometimes get nothing (as though it were emtpy) and sometimes I get some
files.  By the way, I did mount the volume using rsize=1024 and wsize=1024
as was suggested before.

I cannot get ypinit to copy the YP files from the master (i.e. the Sun).  So,
I can't get YP to work yet.  Anyway, NFS is not consistent.

I can't rcp (I get a timeout) and ypxfr complains about a TCP connection.
All this is leaving me to believe that my ethernet connection might be
a bit flakey.  I have a short fairly new cable (~ 30 feet) and it is
terminated on each end.

Any ideas?  An explaination of /etc/NETADDRS would be nice as well.


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