>The current algorithm requires that at least one machine reports a
>subnet mask. If there are machines which report different masks, the
>majority will win (where all machines are ignored during the vote that
>fail to report their mask). It would be possible to assume that
>machines that do not report their mask will have a small mask if a
>vote is started, thus giving some preference to small masks. But I
>don't know if this will be a big win. Any comments?
The problem with these pcs is, that they al happyli report their mask to be
0.0.0.0 and therfore they win.
I could make the programm ignore any mask which is 0.0.0.0 because it is not
likly that this is a valid response.
What happens if the programm doesn't find any host to report a valid mask?
tobi
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