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Conference netcad::hub_mgnt

Title:DEChub/HUBwatch/PROBEwatch CONFERENCE
Notice:Firmware -2, Doc -3, Power -4, HW kits -5, firm load -6&7
Moderator:NETCAD::COLELLADT
Created:Wed Nov 13 1991
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:4455
Total number of notes:16761

83.0. "DECbridge 90 forwards non-standard frames" by KERNEL::LLOYDA (Don't worry... Be Happy ;^)) Thu Nov 19 1992 12:46

    Hi peeps,
    
    On a DECbridge 90 adding one filter of type forward should put the
    bridge in 'invert protocol mode'. Previous notes have already discussed
    that it still lets packets through.
    
    Wouldn't it make more sense to stop all traffic in 'invert protocol
    mode' whether it recognised the frame format or not. 
    
    The DECbridge manual does say...
    
    SET PROTOCOL protocol number FORWARD  protocol id
    
    Sets the specified protocol type to be one of a limited number of
    protocol types that are forwarded, where all others are filtered. If this
     				       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~	
    command is accepted, the bridge is placed into 'invert protocol filter'
    mode. 
 
    If we don't change the bridge function coulnd't we get a documentation
    changed to mention this 'feature' ? 

    Alan.
T.RTitleUserPersonal
Name		DateLines
83.1It is a bugEMDS::SEAVERLENAC Net Mgnt Mktg 223-4573Sun Jan 24 1993 15:2515
    It is a bug.
    
From:	KALI::PRNSYS::LOMICKAJ "Jeffrey A. Lomicka, Maynard MA, DTN 223-4031  22-Jan-1993 1104" 22-JAN-1993 11:03:54.20
To:	KALI::EMDS::SEAVER
CC:	
Subj:	RE: Notefile HUB_MGNT Note 83.0

I suppose we could slip an eratta into the manual, but I don't exactly know 
about how to go about doing that.  Alice also wanted to put something in 
discussing the use of two DECbridge-90 in the same hub.  Perhaps these could be 
combined...

I'll try to keep this in mind as I get into the ECO for version 3.1 of the 
firmware.