WINS Failover [Was: TODO list]
Gerald Carter
gcarter at valinux.com
Fri Sep 29 14:37:10 GMT 2000
"Christopher R. Hertel" wrote:
>
> > o Help Chris Hertel with WINS failover implementation
> > issues
>
> The failover code is actually all written. The issue
> is simply the workings of the UNICAST_SUBNET. I wanted
> Jeremy, who wrote that bit, to take a careful look at it.
>
> The UNICAST_SUBNET is a mechanism for making the
> point-to-point WINS communication look like
> broadcast communication so that both can be handled more
> or less the same way. The design is good, though a bit
> tricky, as it removes a special case that would involve
> a bit of redundant coding. The problem is that there
> is some special code for this, and the assumption is made
> that there is only one remote address on the UNICAST_SUBNET
> list. I don't know what will happen if multiple addresses
> are listed so I want to work Jeremy to make sure I've
> caught any problems.
ok. Thanks for the update. Has the new functionality /
parameters been documented yet? If you need help with
any parts of it, just yell. :-)
Cheers, jerry
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