Cable and settings (tall letter)

Subject: Cable and settings (tall letter)
From: Bob Rogers (rgrjr@mediaone.net)
Date: Thu Mar 23 2000 - 13:03:27 EST

   From: "Veres Imre" <imre.veres@mail.online.hu>
   Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 08:40:09 +0100

   Hello, List. :)

   I think I'm green in networking, and have a fundamental problem: Is that
   works if I connected a Mac Powerbook and a Linux server with crosslink utp
   cable? Or may I have to buy other hardware elements?

A crossover cable works just fine.

   It must connected only one Powerbook, not subnetwork of Apples. The linux
   box has 3 network cards, and I'd like to connect to eth2.
   I think it must work, but not sure.

   RedHat 6.1, kernel 2.2.10, netatalk 1.4b2 with asun 2.1.3 (what a heck is
   asun? :)

['Nuff said already.]

   I read netatalk docs, and put this to atalkd.conf:

   eth2 -router -net 1000 -addr 1000.1 -zone "apple"

With only one Appletalk interface, I think you don't want "-router".
That might be your problem.

   I've set the eth2 as the following:

   network: 192.168.5.0
   host: 192.168.5.1
   broadcast: 192.168.5.255
   netmask: 255.255.255.0

   Route is OK, if I connect another machine with other OS. But I don't know
   what to set in the Mac! (Sorry it's not a netatalk problem but I don't know
   another mailing list...)

   in the TCP/IP networking I've set the same netmask and add 192.168.5.2 to ip
   address. Then I went to appletalk menu, and select Ethernet card. Then I got
   the message 'No zones found'.

I'm not a Mac wizard, but I think that should be sufficient.

   I have a look at /var/log/messages:

    atalkd: as_timer multiple interfaces, no seed
    atalkd: as_timer can't configure eth0
    atalkd: as_timer waiting for router
    atalkd: ready 0/0/0
    afpd: Can't get register euro26:AFPServer@*
    afpd: ASIP started on 194.143.245.68:548(0) (1.4b2+ausn2.1.3)

   But what did it want to eth0????? I dunno.
   Of course, it do not work yet.

Methinks that is due to the unwanted "-router" keyword . . .

   Is there a program with the same function as route or ping?

   Thanks,

   Imre Veres

ping and traceroute to 192.168.5.2 from the Linux machine should work
just fine. traceroute won't tell you anything you don't already know,
but ping will tell you whether or not the basic IP configuration works.
I don't know of any Mac equivalents (not being a Mac wizard), but a
crossover cable doesn't require very sophisticated debugging tools -- if
it works in one direction, it certainly oughta work the other way.

                                        -- Bob Rogers

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