Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] Re: AppleTalk routing
From: Julian Elischer (julian@whistle.com)
Date: Sun Jan 18 1998 - 00:04:24 EST
I'm not convinced that atalk on FreeBSD routes.
NetBSD was based off the freeBSD port I did.
so I'm not sure it works..
I also made some changes in FreeBSD that were not copied (to my knowledge)
to NetBSD.
the best bet is to read teh source :)
On Sat, 17 Jan 1998, Amitai Schlair wrote:
> 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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