Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] AppleTalk Zones
From: Michael Haro (mharo@dobalee.fremont.ca.us)
Date: Mon May 18 1998 - 16:58:06 EDT
Does anyone have a patch to create zones with only one ethernet card with
atalkd ?
Thanks,
Michael
On Mon, 18 May 1998 bsmith@h-e.com wrote:
>
> 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?
> .
> .
> > 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.
>
> bsmith@h-e.com
>
>
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