Subj : Perl tossing
To   : Russ Johnson
From : tony summerfelt
Date : Thu Sep 06 2001 05:06 am

 # On Tue, Sep 04/01 at 10:41 PM, Russ Johnson wrote to All:

 RJ> 58 bytes is the packet header.

 RJ> Next 14 bytes is message header. This includes the destination and
 RJ> origination node numbers.

this is the same code i have. i need to use binmode under windows, but the rest 
of the code is the same...

 RJ> What I'm observing is that all the messages being tossed contain my
 RJ> node number as the destination, and my uplinks node number as the
 RJ> origin.

 RJ> Why?

well, if this is the packet from your uplink. that sounds right. your node IS 
the destination. if you need a different node number as the destination, you'll 
have to write a new pkt...


 RJ> I'm looking at the packet in hex mode, and don't see what it's
 RJ> tossing.

if you want to debug the perl pkt code, you should really use a good pkt/msg 
viewer. inspectA is the utility you need here. when adapting the fido code i 
saw, that's what i used. if you can't find a copy i can email it to you...

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