[CUWiN-Dev] CUWiN nodes connected "back-to-back" with ethernet

Matthew Isaacs matt at cuwin.net
Tue Jun 19 10:27:48 CDT 2007


On Tue, 2007-06-19 at 10:22 -0500, Bill Comisky wrote:
> On 6/18/07, David Young <dyoung at pobox.com> wrote:
> > Does anyone depend on the ability to connect two CUWiN nodes to each
> > other through ethernet (either crossover cable, hub, or switch)?  I ask
> > because, insofar as that may work, now, I would like to stop it from
> > working, soon, as a workaround for other bugs.  I will add back the
> > functionality as time permits me to fix some bugs in the kernel.
> >
> 
> Dave,
> 
> Yes, the old sears tower in Lawndale has two sectors on different
> channels that are connected to a hub.  I know that currently all nodes
> are routable between sectors due to this configuration, though I don't
> know if anyone relies on this (if services are  provided on intranet
> between sectors).  Their upgrade cycle is pretty slow these days
> though, if there is a stable release available before this
> functionality is removed that might hold them over for a while.
> 
> Bill
> 

Bill,

We're working on putting together a new release.  I don't believe 
we are planning to make this change in the release, so they should 
be good to use it.  Do you know what version they are currently 
running?

Matt



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