Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] AppleTalk Zones
From: bsmith@h-e.com
Date: Mon May 18 1998 - 17:45:52 EDT
Original message sent on Mon, Apr 27 18:40 by root@dobalee.fremont.ca.us
(Charlie ROOT) :
> Hi, I would like to take an appletalk network which currently has no zones
> and add a few zones to it as I plan to split the network up into smaller
> subnetworks. Is it possible for me to use netatalk to act as the router
> between the different zones?
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> I have been trying to create a zone with no luck. Probably just something
> stupid on my part. Is it possible for me to create a zone or two with
> netatalk if my current netatalk box only has one ethernet card?
You aren't doing anything wrong, this is a poorly documented limitatation in
atalkd (netatalk). It is capable of acting as a router when there are multiple
interfaces (i.e. ethernet cards) in the machine, in which case atalkd can seed
the network (define zones) and route between the interfaces. However when there
is only one interface, atalkd will not seed so you cannot use it to define
zones.
Hope this helps!
Bob Smith
Hammett & Edison, Inc.
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