Right on target man :) thats what fixed it but i still have something to
learn about Microsoft ( especially NT ) .. can u shed some light on why it
was doing directed broadcast to other subnets ...
Regards
Atif
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From: John Neiberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Atif Awan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, July 06, 2000 7:21 PM
Subject: Re: interesting
>My guess is that it's because "no ip directed-broadcast" is the default on
>each interface in 12.0. that's just a guess, I haven't had any coffee yet
>so no actual thought is taking place. :-)
>
>John Neiberger
>
>>
>> I had three sites in a hub and spoke configuration. Lets say router A
was
>> the hub router and there were two spokes router B and router C. All were
>> 2500 series routers ( 2501 ) running IOS 11.2 ip plus i think . There
was
>no
>> complex configuration; simple static routes and everything was working
>fine.
>> The NT stations at each site were able to log on to the server placed at
>the
>> hub and everything was showeing up on the network neighbourhood. This
was
>so
>> because i had defined the required helper addresses.
>>
>> Then the need arose to add another site and the hub router A was
replaced
>by
>> a cisco 2620. the same configuration was copied with ofcourse a few
>> additional static routes here and there and one more ip helper-address
>> statement for the new site. The new router was running IOS 12.1(1). The
>next
>> thing u know that still there is connectivity but when a new machine
>boots
>> on a remote site it is not able to find a domain controller. I had the
>> helper addresses defined properly but still nothing. Even the network
>> neighbourhood did not show all the machines; showed only the local
>machines.
>> Can anyone take a shot at this and guess what was the problem ?
>>
>>
>> Regards
>> Atif
>>
>> P.S : I managed to figure it out after running a debug trace on UDP but
>> still i think it was an interesting prob and thought maybe someone could
>> give me a better explanation to it.
>>
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