Subject: [netatalk-admins] Re: AppleTalk routing
From: Amitai Schlair (amitai.schlair@usa.net)
Date: Sat Jan 17 1998 - 21:06:09 EST
I wrote:
> I'm running Netatalk 1.4b2 (with Arthur Sun's patches) on NetBSD 1.3,
> and I'm trying to get AppleTalk routing, as described in atalkd(8),
> working. I've got AppleShare IP on ae2 (accessible to the LAN), and I'd
> like my Mac (connected to ae1) to be able to access AppleShare resources
> on the outside network, as well as those on the NetBSD box. Is this
> possible? If so, how do I configure ae1 in atalkd.conf? (Letting atalkd
> auto-configure the interfaces on startup didn't work well at all.)
Despite my total lack of experience with and understanding of AppleTalk
internals, I managed to hack my way partly there. From my Mac (connected
to ae1), I can now see all the zones on the LAN (connected to ae2).
However, the only AppleShare volume I can see in the Chooser (or any
AppleTalk service for that matter) is the one on my NetBSD box. I'd like
to be able to see all the AppleShare volumes out there on the LAN, if
possible.
My atalkd.conf:
ae2 -phase 2 -net 25-50 -addr 25.33 -zone "CWRUnet" -zone "Chemistry"
-zone "Housing" -zone "Statistics" -zone "neurosciences" -zone "WSOM"
-zone "Smith Lab" -zone "Physics" -zone "Neutral" -zone "Net Services"
-zone "Music" -zone "MSASS" -zone "Medicine" -zone "Math" -zone
"Libraries" -zone "Health Sci" -zone "ESS" -zone "Engr" -zone "EEAP"
-zone "CIT" -zone "CP&P" -zone "CNS Internal" -zone "CIM" -zone "CES"
-zone "BRB" -zone "BIOMED" -zone "Arts & Sci" -zone "Archives" -zone
"AIS" -zone "Administration" -zone "South Residences" -zone "North
Residences" -zone "Medlab" -zone "Meds" -zone "Asian Studies" -zone "INS
Internal"
ae1 -phase 2 -net 51-75 -addr 51.33
The AppleTalk Phase II network range for the LAN, as described in the
network docs, is 25-50. "CWRUnet" is the default zone; I have my AFP
service running in "North Residences". (My connection to the LAN on ae2
works great.) The bit of hackery I did to get on the AppleTalk network,
sort of, was to set the netrange on ae1 in atalkd.conf to 51-75
(wrong?), and manually set the network and node in the Mac's AppleTalk
control panel to some reasonable numbers.
Despite my inexperience, I'm pretty sure my ae1 netrange setting is why
I can't see the machines on the LAN... but I can't get anything at all
when I set it properly (25-50).
I'm also getting a lot of messages on the console:
Jan 17 20:27:08 b60735 atalkd[224]: zone_bcast CIT exists
Jan 17 20:27:08 b60735 atalkd[224]: zone_bcast CIT exists
Jan 17 20:27:08 b60735 atalkd[224]: zone_bcast CWRUnet exists
Jan 17 20:27:08 b60735 atalkd[224]: zone_bcast CWRUnet exists
Jan 17 20:27:08 b60735 atalkd[224]: zone_bcast EEAPo exists
Jan 17 20:27:08 b60735 atalkd[224]: zone_bcast EEAPo exists
Jan 17 20:27:08 b60735 atalkd[224]: zone_bcast CWRUnet exists
Jan 17 20:27:08 b60735 atalkd[224]: zone_bcast CWRUnet exists
Jan 17 20:27:08 b60735 atalkd[224]: zone_bcast EEAPo exists
Jan 17 20:27:08 b60735 atalkd[224]: zone_bcast EEAPo exists
Jan 17 20:27:08 b60735 atalkd[224]: zone_bcast CWRUnet exists
Jan 17 20:27:08 b60735 atalkd[224]: zone_bcast CWRUnet exists
Jan 17 20:27:08 b60735 atalkd[224]: zone_bcast EEAPo exists
Jan 17 20:27:08 b60735 atalkd[224]: zone_bcast EEAPo exists
and so on. I hope I'm not making an AppleStorm on the LAN! How can I fix
all this to work properly?
--
God is dead, but fifty thousand social workers have risen to take his
place.
-- J.D. McCoughey
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