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	Change the 129.137.11.255  number to the proper broadcast address
	for your site and use the proper ethernet device as well.

	Here is a program 
		ftp://ftp.ececs.uc.edu/pub/sun-faq/Source/netmask.c
	that can be used to calculate your broadcast address.

	You will have to set each interface's broadcast individually.

	Or if you are not afraid to use adb you can use the following 
	script to turn on all 1's in the kernel and fix the problem once
	and for all.  This method fixes ifconfig so that its 'broadcast +' 
	option works properly; all 1's instead of all 0's. That way you don't
	have to remember to change /etc/rc.local each time you change the
	machine's IP address. Also, you don't have to set each interface's 
	broadcast individually.                                     


	#!/bin/sh

	# Make sure that we're running as root or this is not going to work.

        if id | grep "^uid=0(" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
                :
        else
                echo Error: you must be superuser to run this program. 1>&2
                exit 1
	fi

	
	OS=`uname`
	OSREV=`uname -r`

	if [ "$OS" != SunOS ]; then
		echo Invalid OS: $OS
		exit 1
	fi

	case "$OSREV" in
		4*)
			;;
		*)
			echo Invalid OSREV: $OSREV
			exit 1
			;;
	esac

	# This fixes the kernel in memory and on the disk.
	
	adb -k -w /vmunix /dev/mem </dev/null
	in_ifinit+0x1f0/W 0x92103fff
	in_ifinit+0x1f0?W 0x92103fff
	EOF

	# Now reconfigure the interface(s).
	
	ifconfig -a broadcast +

	# This keeps the fix from being backed out should the kernel ever
	# be rebuilt.

	FILE=/sys/`arch -k`/OBJ/in.o
	if [ ! -f ${FILE}.orig ]; then
		cp -p ${FILE} ${FILE}.orig
	fi
	adb -w $FILE </dev/null
	in_ifinit+0x1f0?W 0x92103fff
	EOF

	exit

	Last Updated:  Feb 5, 1997.

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