Re: [netatalk-admins] routing problems...:-(


Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] routing problems...:-(
From: Alistair Riddell (alistair@watsons.edin.sch.uk)
Date: Sun Mar 29 1998 - 17:00:47 EST


On Sun, 29 Mar 1998, Nico Lumma wrote:

> 1. How does Appletalk over IP work? Shouldn't the Appletalk get routed
> through a firewall via TCP/IP? Well, it doesn't work...

Netatalk does not implement appletalk over IP. I don't think there are any
implementatinos that work under a current version of linux.

Note that asun's patches implement AFP (AppleShare) over TCP-IP which is
different from AppleTalk over TCP-IP.

> 2. How can we assign our own zone? We always show up in another zone...Is
> there some sort of DNS for Appletalk where we have to get our numbers
> assigned?

AppleTalk zones are defined through a seed router. Netatalk can act as a
seed router but if there is already a seed router on your network then you
cannot change the zone configuration for your subnet. You can appear in a
different zone which already exists on your subnet by telling afpd to
register in a different zone. See man afpd.

> 3. What's the deal with the asun patches? Even if we install that, the
> TCP/IP thing does not work...

Can you telnet from the Mac to the machine running netatalk?

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