Re: Dropped connections


Subject: Re: Dropped connections
From: Thomas Schierle (ts@visual-s.de)
Date: Thu Nov 16 2000 - 06:14:05 EST


On 00-11-14 22:00 +0200, Joern Staby <joern@namibian.com.na> wrote:

> we're running SUSE 6.2 with netatalk enabled on an HP box. While its
> possible to connect to a 25GB volume on the Linux server called "Photo
> Volume" via Appletalk from an iMac workstation utilising the Chooser, the
> connection to the Linux server is "dropped" after about five minutes. Also,
> it's not possible to connect to the server after that! A message appears,
> something like "The server did not respond". At the moment we connect as
> "Guest" users - so no usernames and passwords are set up yet. We can't
> connect from more than two workstations. What goes? We're beginners at this
> and appreciate any help whatsoever!

"HP box" rings a bell -- check if the ethernet card is multicast capable
(Ethernet HOWTO)

Besides the known bugs, Netatalk should work pretty much "out of the box"
for the SUSE 6.2 distribution.

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Thomas Schierle, Munich, Germany

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