Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] I'm missing something. [long]
From: Gregor Retti (c60831@germ2.uibk.ac.at)
Date: Tue Sep 16 1997 - 09:11:03 EDT
At 22:05 Uhr -0400 15.09.1997, Andrew Brennan wrote:
> Ok. I have here a Pentium/90 running Linux (kernel is a freshly-
> compiled 2.0.30 with Appletalk in the kernel, not modularized).
> 3Com Etherlink III card inside. I also have a clean network --
> courtesy of an 8 port hub with only the Linux box and a portable
> Mac connected.
>
> I have had nothing but difficulty with the Debian install of the
> netatalk package (mildly untrue, but you'll find out where I'm
> going momentarily) and decided to get the 1.4b2 source and load
> it in by hand. Installed it, rebooted and ran rc.atalk with the
> zones I need in the /usr/local/atalk/etc/atalkd.conf file.
>
> eth0 -seed -phase 2 -net 500-502 -addr 500.133 -zone SanAndreas
>
> ... and once again, I see no zone information and my atalkd.conf
> has been rewritten to:
>
> eth0 -seed -phase 2 -net 0-65534 -addr 500.133
>
> Looking at the tips sheet, I see possible reasons for problems.
>
> o non-multicast Ethernet cards.
> ... but the card works fine for afpd and appears to advertise
> the system correctly, so this one isn't(?) it.
> o Large range of defined networks on cable segment.
> ... I tested with a disconnected hub and a single Mac portable
> (even had it disconnected for a few tries). Not this one.
> o No router on network, atalkd can't assign it's own number.
> ... it's *never* had difficulty assigning itself an address.
> o No DDP support in kernel.
> ... (above) fresh kernel, shouldn't be the problem.
> o Second start of atalkd.
> ... I'm rebooting between tries, so this one isn't it.
>
> I'm out of ideas. Possibly the card doesn't support multicast
> completely? IFCONFIG reports it as having MULTICAST enabled,
> but maybe it's lying? It also reports "Ethertalk Phase 2 addr
> 500/133", so I don't think it's my card. (also visible afpd
> activity from the portable Mac)
>
> This is probably related ... getzones -l, getzones -m and even
> getzones 500.133 (above - the netatalk box itself) all respond
> with a "atp_rresp: Connection timed out" error. At the same
> time, aecho 500.133 reports a 0% packet loss (and can echo the
> other Mac w/o any loss as well).
>
> I would really like to have this system act as an AppleTalk
> router (we need one on this segment) but it's refusing me at
> every turn. Anyone see something obvious that I've missed??
>
> andrew. (brennan@auhs.edu)
you need more than 1 device (eg. eth0, eth1 oder eth0, dummy) to have zones
defined and to have an appletalk router you need at least to segments to
route from one to the other.
cheers
gregor
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