Subject: netatalk, zones & routers
From: Jon Piesing (jon@prl.philips.co.uk)
Date: Wed Jan 19 1994 - 09:46:06 EST
This question really belongs in an FAQ but I haven't managed to find one so ......
Currently we are using netatalk 1.3 on one of the networks here. We want to put
some Macs on another network. The two networks are connected by a number of Suns
each of which have 2 ethernet interfaces.
As an experiment, I configured one of these Suns to have netatalk running on
both interfaces and then setup netatalk on a Sun on the 'other' network. I then used
aecho to try and get the two Suns to talk to each other. It doesn't work, aecho does
work between Suns on the current network. ( The atalkd.conf files for both of these
machines are below ).
If I use "etherfind -apple" on the gateway machine I get the following output
when I use "aecho" on the Sun on the 'other' network to try and talk to the
gateway. I get nothing if I use aecho on the gateway to try and talk to the
Sun on the 'other' network.
# etherfind -apple
Using interface le0
icmp type
lnth proto source destination src port dst port
67 AppleTalk 8:0:20:9:aa:ae -> 9:0:7:ff:ff:ff
66 AppleTalk 8:0:20:9:aa:ae -> 9:0:7:ff:ff:ff
66 AppleTalk 8:0:20:9:aa:ae -> 9:0:7:ff:ff:ff
66 AppleTalk 8:0:20:9:aa:ae -> 9:0:7:ff:ff:ff
In the man page for atalkd there is the following sentence "atalkd automatically acts as
a router if there is more than one interface." Does this mean that atalkd would let
Macs on the two different networks talk to eachother ? Would let us backup Macs
on one network to an exabyte on the other network using Retrospect Remote ?
Thanks in advance.
Jon Piesing
Philips Research Redhill UK
The atalkd.conf file for the gateway Sun is :-
#
# Format of lines in this file:
#
# interface [ -seed ] [ -phase { 1 | 2 } ] [ -addr net.node ]
# [ -net first[-last] ] [ -zone ZoneName ] ...
#
# -seed only works if you have multi-interfaces. Any missing arguments are
# automatically configured from the network. Note: lines can't actually be
# split, tho it's a good idea.
#
# le1 = network all Macs are currently connected to
le1 -phase 2
# le0 - network we would like to connect some Macs to
le0 -seed -phase 2 -net 9461-9471 -zone PRL
The atalkd.conf file for the Sun connected to the same network as le0 above is :-
#
# Format of lines in this file:
#
# interface [ -seed ] [ -phase { 1 | 2 } ] [ -addr net.node ]
# [ -net first[-last] ] [ -zone ZoneName ] ...
#
# -seed only works if you have multi-interfaces. Any missing arguments are
# automatically configured from the network. Note: lines can't actually be
# split, tho it's a good idea.
#
le0 -phase 2 -net 9461 -zone PRL
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