Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] Using Netatalk as a Router
From: Andras Kadinger (bandit@freeside.elte.hu)
Date: Fri May 01 1998 - 03:09:33 EDT
Hi Eddie,
Let me say at first, that I am not an AppleTalk expert myself.
On Fri, 1 May 1998, Eddie Irvine wrote:
> So, if I want afpd to seed a single cable with two zone names,
> do I need two cards? Do I need one card?
It is irrelevant, how many network interfaces You have. The only relevant
point is, that You have to specify -seed for atalkd, to make it 'seed' the
network with zone information. This 'seeding' makes Macs switch to 'zoned
networking' (dialog box popping up, saying 'Youe AppleTalk network is now
available.').
> Can I do it with a mac?
You can do it with anything, that can 'seed' the network. I am not up to
date about Apple products, but I think AppleShare on the Mac includes this
capability.
> Can I do it with afpd?
No - You can do it with atalkd, though.
> Do you need a router?
No. You should be able to do this even on a Linux machine without any
network connectivity (atalkd must have a network interface to bind to,
though), and define Zones.
> What would afpd.conf look like?
>
> ed0 -seed -phase 2 -????? -zone "Foo" -zone "Bar"
I think You meant atalkd.conf here. The man-page can be followed here, so
Your example is correct (but no need for any extra options in place of the
?-s). Like this:
eth0 -seed -phase 2 -net 10 -addr 10.10 -zone "Appletree" -zone "Twilight"
All routers on the same cable must agree on configuration options; if a
router starting up has different configuration, is should shut down itself
- which atalkd correctly does.
One last note: if You decide to seed the network, You have to define at
least two zones; I encountered some mysterious problems with only one
zone: Macs can see printers in the chooser, but when starting to actually
print, they can't find the same printer, or complain about printing
errors.
Sincerely,
Andras Kadinger
bandit@freeside.elte.hu
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