Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] Zones w/o routing?
From: Alistair Riddell (alistair@watsons.edin.sch.uk)
Date: Tue Aug 12 1997 - 13:40:43 EDT
On Tue, 12 Aug 1997, Andrew Brennan wrote:
> I am the only AppleTalk router on my segment. There is no conflict
> here ... but I can't seem to get my atalkd to advertise zones as it
> only has the one network interface. Do I need to use a fake second
> interface (dummy or perhaps a loopbacked ethernet interface) in the
> machine to get atalkd to act as a router??
You should not have to configure anything on loopback or dummy interfaces.
>From my machine:
frank:~> cat /etc/atalkd.conf
eth0 -seed -phase 2 -net 500-501 -addr 500.39 -zone "IT Department" -zone
"Internet Servers"
frank:~>
This means that the network segment has two zones attached to it - IT
Department and Internet Servers. Devices are by default in zone IT
Department but you can choose to have a device in the zone Internet
Servers. On a Mac this is done in the Appletalk or Network control panel.
> I thought multiple seed routers was considered a poor practice - to
> the point of being strongly recommended against?
I don't see anything wrong with having more than on seed router on a
subnet, as long as they agree on cable range and zone information. The
above machine is one of three seed routers on the subnet. It just means
that if one router goes down then there is still another one there to seed
the network.
-- Alistair Riddell - BOFH IT Support Department, George Watson's College, Edinburgh Tel: +44 131 447 7931 Ext 176 Fax: +44 131 452 8594
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