Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] YIKES!! SMC doesn't work with netatalk... really??
From: Dave Zarzycki (zarzycki@ricochet.net)
Date: Sat Nov 01 1997 - 00:19:46 EST
On 10/31/97 6:14 PM, Jeff Wiegley (jeff@w3-design.com) wrote:
>the obscure caveat is what I'm worried about because, of course, I
>have an EtherPower card based on the DEC 21140 tulip chip. Is this
>what is causing my netatalk server to be incapable of seeing other
>appletalk equipment in the default zone?
The caveat (for the DEC tulip based cards) is that the driver has
difficulties with multicast. Upgrade to a newer kernel, and/or upgrade
the tulip driver explicitly. Or you could force the card into promiscuous
mode (not ideal or recommended, but it works). It's not that bad.
davez
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