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   Message 13,346 of 16,010   
   g00r00 to Nick Andre   
   Re: Packets being sent from a point   
   13 Apr 21 02:11:56   
   
   TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A47   
   MSGID: 1:129/215 1ad87e43   
   REPLY: 1:229/426 9CFBB98B   
   TZUTC: -0400   
    NA> When I use Pktview (util from '94) to view the packet sitting in Mystic's   
    NA> outbound before its sent here, the packet header is showing as being from   
    NA> the address 1:65535/426.93.   
    NA>    
    NA> The negative Net display here is simply a cosmetic problem for me to   
    NA> deal with but the unusual Net-value generated by Mystic in the packet   
    NA> header is not.   
    NA>    
    NA> I am not a Mystic expert or even aware if I am using the latest version   
    NA> but this is what I have discovered in less than a half-hour of testing.   
      
   This is not an unusual net value within a PKT2+ packet.   
      
   In a PKT 2+ format if the origNet is $FFFF it indicates that the origin is a   
   point system and the net is found in the auxNet field.    
   Here's a paste from the PKT2+ FSC-0048 documentation:   
      
   auxNet field:   
       When parsing a Type 2+ packet, if origNet is 65535, the software MUST use   
       the value from the auxNet field.  When creating a packet, if the   
       originating system is a point, it SHOULD set origNet to 65535 and   
       put the net number in this field.    
      
   The reason for this kludge is so that PKT2+ maintains backwards compatibility   
   with PKT2 while also allowing for 4D addressing that was missing in the PKT2   
   format.   
      
   It may be that D'Bridge needs to be updated to support PKT2+ for point support   
   for this to work.   
      
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