🚀 go-pugleaf

OK, I've checked the FAQ but it says nothing about net doom.  We're
currently trying to track down odd network faults in a twisted pair
novell ethernet which seem to be caused by doom.

I *believe* net doom simply transmits broadcast packets using the IPX
driver and does *not* establish connections.  All workstations playing
the game broadcast what the particular player is doing, and therefore
each player's machine receives broadcasts from every other player's
machine.  The network problems appear to result from excessive quatities
of broadcast packets on the ethernet.

However - we have many fileservers on the segment, and only a couple of
the fileservers are complaining as a result of the broadcasts.  This
doesn't seem to make sense.

If anyone can explain to me more clearly *exactly* how net doom
functions, please email me.  I'd really appreciate help from any novell
administrator who has been through the exercise of tracking down bugs
associated with people playing doom on their network.

Please email replies since I do not normally read this group.

Thanks in advance

Rob Geraghty
ro...@dstc.edu.au
Distributed Systems Technology Centre

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