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Date:      Tue, 18 Jun 1996 11:36:47 -0500 (CDT)
From:      ptroot@uswest.com (Paul T. Root)
To:        narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee (Narvi)
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Talk problems btw. FreeBSD & Sun
Message-ID:  <199606181636.LAA04787@astro.acs.uswest.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960618180201.6623A-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> from "Narvi" at Jun 18, 96 06:25:59 pm

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In a previous message, Narvi said:
> 
> 
> 	HI!
> 
> I am having problems with talk between a FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE machine 
> and a Sun4M running SunOS 5.5 (or so the uname reports). The problem is - 
> it is not possible to either talk from FreeBSD to the sun (using talk 
> user@sun.machine) or from the Sun to FreeBSD (using talk 
> user@freebsd.machine). Tcpdump shows packets comming from the Sun machine 
> to the FreeBSD machine and icmp messages "udp port talk unreachable" going
> pack to the Sun.

Sun uses the old talk (BSD4.2 based). FreeBSD being 4.4, uses new talk.
They are incompatable. I believe the solution is to get ntalk (new talk) 
on the Sun.

Paul.

-- 
Paul T. Root - USWEST !NTERPRISE Networking Service	ptroot@uswest.com

If it all worked, we wouldn't have a job.



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