Igor:
The all-zeroes bug is fixed now as well, thanks. I'm
not sure it was an influence, but the new-device sniffing seems
to work better now as well.
-Scott
On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, Igor Kotelevsky wrote:
> Hello Scott.
> In one of your log-files I found that
> Kaboodle not correctly determines itself MAC address (all-zeroes).
> Kaboodle determines itself MAC address by the function
> *BOOL CNIDPC::CreateLocal(...)*.
> There are 2 points of such determination in above function:
> - at first the function *bool CNIDPC::GetMacAddressforLocalMachine()*
> called,
> - if that calling failed, then the function *int GetMacAddress(...)* called.
>
> I never didn't look inside these functions,
> I don't know who are the authors of them.
> Now I have debugged them and found that
> the function *GetMacAddressforLocalMachine()* don't works correctly.
> That function cannot work correctly because there is a fundamental error:
> there absent a source code, which define a size of memory for calling
> the function *GetIfTable* from the library *iphlpapi.dll*.
> I implemented that code.
> Now the function *GetMacAddressforLocalMachine()*
> works correctly in my tests.
>
> Also I looked into the function *GetMacAddress()*.
> That function always correctly works in my tests,
> but don't works in your log file.
> I didn't found any error in that function.
> I have inserted output additional data from that function into the log file.
> Also I have added calling of above function always for debugging goal.
> Please repeat your testing steps and sent you log file.
> I guess that MAC address will be correct,
> but I want to get additional debugging data from the function
> *GetMacAddress()*.
> - Igor
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott C. Best" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Igor Kotelevsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Kaboodle-devel"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 9:08 AM
> Subject: Re: [Kaboodle-devel] Re: Misc bugs, 18 Oct 02
>
>
> > Igor:
> > Heya.
> >
> > > I looked into your previous log file and found the strange thing:
> > > there is a device, which MAC address is all zeroes.
> > > At first all devices appear in the function
> > > *void CSearchNetworkManager::StartPing(...)*.
> > > That function has a special check, which didn't allow the device
> > > *"all zeroes" MAC address*. But later in the function
> > > *void CNetworkLocalView::RebuildNIDTopology*
> > > that "wrong" device appear. I guess that some part of the source
> > > code contains an error, which spoils these data.
> > > I inserted additional data into the log file *NidLog.txt*.
> > > Please repeat the bug and sent me that file from your PC.
> >
> > NidLog.txt is attached. I see the same bug: the first
> > Kaboodle instance has all-zeroes in MAC address field. The
> > second Kaboodle instance gets the NID from the 1st, then it
> > "discovers" the first PC, and displays it with its real MAC
> > address.
> >
> > cheers,
> > Scott
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
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