[netatalk-admins] Autoselect problem with asun mods

Subject: [netatalk-admins] Autoselect problem with asun mods
From: William R. Dickson (wrd@awenet.com)
Date: Mon Jul 14 1997 - 18:11:46 EDT

Hi all,

Adrian has been unable to figure out this problem, and I don't know enough
to be much help, so I thought I'd see if anybody else is experiencing it.
Using his afp/tcp modifications, I see the following symptoms:

- AppleTalk-only clients (AppleShare previous to 3.7) automatically establish
  an AppleTalk connection to the server without trouble. Their aliases and
  mount-on-startup volumes work normally.

- TCP-only clients (people connecting from outside the local network)
  automatically establish a TCP connection to the server without trouble.
  Their aliases and mount-on-startup volumes work normally.

- AppleTalk and TCP clients (AppleShare 3.7 and 3.7.1 on the local network)
  have problems. If they simply double-click on the server name in the
  Chooser, the system thinks for about 30 seconds before eventually
  establishing an AppleTalk connection instead of a TCP/IP connection.
  If you option-click to force an AppleTalk connection, it works fine.
  If you enter a TCP address for the server, it mounts fine over TCP/IP.
  But it can't autoselect. In addition, no matter how the volume is
  mounted, aliases and mount-on-startup volumes set at that time always
  experience the 30-second delay and AppleTalk connections the next time
  the system tries to mount the volume.

I've tried this on NetBSD 1.2.1 and -current, with and without zones on
the network, and duplicated the problem on a 7100 running MacOS 8b5 with
AppleShare client 3.7.1, and a Mac IIsi running 7.5.5 with AS client 3.7.

Anybody else seeing this behavior? Or any ideas what could be causing it?

Thanks,

-Bill 

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