[Info-vax] TCPIP question

[DeanW]

Off-list to not clutter everyone else's inbox...

I'm not concerned at all; they're freaked out. I'm trying to avoid them
invoking my contract and making me show up on-site, which will cause me
more grief and heartache in tax complications than I'll get compensation
for.



On Wed, Oct 23, 2019 at 10:25 AM Simon Clubley via Info-vax <
info-vax at rbnsn.com> wrote:

> On 2019-10-23, DeanW <dean.woodward at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Itanium, VMS 8.1, TCPIP 5.2. (From memory; and yeah, that's old and
> > unsupported, but that won't change.)
> >
> > A soon to be former client is moving their VMS machine's connection from
> > one ethernet switch to another and they're concerned that TCPIP won't
> > handle it well. I don't think it's a big deal; worst case they can
> > stop/start TCPIP, but is there a command to force the system to flush the
> > ARP table?
> >
>
> Why do you need to flush the ARP cache ? Are the existing IP addresses
> getting a new MAC address as a result of changing the switch ?
>
> Other concerns are things like a duplex mismatch.
>
> Depending on the hardware in use, that could be a real problem.
>
> Simon.
>
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