Subject: Re: Some macs intermittently can't see server/printers
From: Patrik Schindler (poc@pocnet.net)
Date: Wed Mar 29 2000 - 12:00:28 EST
At 8:36 Uhr -0800 29.03.2000, Martin Espinoza wrote:
>Incidentally, only the Printer (thank god, since I have no idea how to
>change its appletalk address)
These are assigned automatically.
>actually got a new Appletalk address which
>is in my desired range automatically. I actually had to go to each of the
>macs and set their address MANUALLY in the appletalk control panel. I
>hate macs more every day :)
This is the worst thing you can do. AppleTalk Adresses are truly dynamic.
If thy wouldn't get the new address, delete the AppleTalk Preferences (used with OpenTransport) and restart doing a PRAM-Zap.
>Pity some of the macs did it, and some didn't,
>and netatalk never did.
Some of the B/W G3 had a problem not freshening their AppleTalk address as desired. See above what to do.
:wq! PoC
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