diff --git a/src/rsrv/online_notify.c b/src/rsrv/online_notify.c
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+/*
+ *	O N L I N E _ N O T I F Y . C
+ *	tell CA clients this a server has joined the network
+ *
+ *	Author: Jeffrey O. Hill
+ *
+ *	Hisory
+ *	.00 103090 	joh	First release
+ */
+
+/*
+ *	system includes
+ */
+#include <vxWorks.h>
+#include <types.h>
+#include <socket.h>
+#include <in.h>
+
+/*
+ *	LAACS includes
+ */
+#include <taskParams.h>
+#include <iocmsg.h>
+
+#define abort taskSuspend
+
+struct complete_msg{
+	unsigned		length;
+	struct extmsg		extmsg;
+};
+
+/*
+ *	RSRV_ONLINE_NOTIFY_TASK
+ *	
+ *
+ *
+ */
+void rsrv_online_notify_task()
+{
+	/*
+	 * 1 sec init delay
+	 */
+  	unsigned long		delay = sysClkRateGet();
+	/*
+	 * CA_ONLINE_DELAY [sec] max delay
+	 */
+  	unsigned long		maxdelay = CA_ONLINE_DELAY * sysClkRateGet();
+	struct complete_msg	msg;
+
+  	struct sockaddr_in	send_addr;
+  	struct sockaddr_in	recv_addr;
+	int			status;
+	int			sock;
+	struct sockaddr_in	lcl;
+  	int			true = TRUE;
+	int 			i;
+
+	struct sockaddr_in	*local_addr();
+  	struct in_addr		broadcast_addr();
+
+  	/* 
+  	 *  Open the socket.
+  	 *  Use ARPA Internet address format and datagram socket.
+  	 *  Format described in <sys/socket.h>.
+   	 */
+  	if((sock = socket (AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0)) == ERROR){
+    		logMsg("Socket creation error\n");
+    		printErrno (errnoGet ());
+    		abort(0);
+  	}
+
+	lcl = *(local_addr(sock));
+
+      	status = setsockopt(	sock,
+				SOL_SOCKET,
+				SO_BROADCAST,
+				&true,
+				sizeof(true));
+      	if(status<0){
+    		printErrno (errnoGet ());
+    		abort(0);
+      	}
+
+      	bfill(&recv_addr, sizeof recv_addr, 0);
+      	recv_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
+      	recv_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_ANY); /* let slib pick lcl addr */
+      	recv_addr.sin_port = htons(0);	 /* let slib pick port */
+      	status = bind(sock, &recv_addr, sizeof recv_addr);
+      	if(status<0)
+		abort(0);
+
+   	bfill(&msg, sizeof msg, NULL);
+	msg.length = htonl(sizeof msg);
+	msg.extmsg.m_cmmd = htons(IOC_RSRV_IS_UP);
+	msg.extmsg.m_available = lcl.sin_addr.s_addr;
+
+ 	/*  Zero the sock_addr structure */
+  	bfill(&send_addr, sizeof send_addr, 0);
+  	send_addr.sin_family 	= AF_INET;
+  	send_addr.sin_addr	= broadcast_addr();
+  	send_addr.sin_port 	= htons(CA_CLIENT_PORT);
+
+ 	while(TRUE){
+  
+
+        	status = sendto(
+			sock,
+        		&msg,
+        		sizeof msg,
+        		0,
+       			&send_addr, 
+			sizeof send_addr);
+      		if(status != sizeof msg)
+			abort();
+
+		taskDelay(delay);
+		delay = min(delay << 1, maxdelay);
+	}
+
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+#ifdef JUNKYARD
+  	client = create_udp_client(sock);
+ 	client->addr = send_addr;
+  	client->ticks_at_creation = tickGet();
+
+	while(TRUE){
+    		reply = (struct extmsg *) ALLOC_MSG(client, 0);
+    		if(!reply)
+      			abort(0);
+
+
+  		bfill(reply, sizeof(*reply), NULL);
+  		reply->m_cmmd = IOC_RSRV_IS_UP;
+		reply->m_available = lcl.sin_addr.s_addr;
+  		reply->m_postsize = 0;
+
+  		END_MSG(client);
+  		send_msg(client);
+
+		taskDelay(delay);
+		delay = delay << 1;
+	}
+/*
+	Should it need to quit....
+
+  	free_one_client(client);
+*/
+#endif