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Re: Netatalk Challenge
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Daniel Lark)
Mon Nov 18 14:30:02 1996
From: Daniel Lark <dan@netsteps.com>
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Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 12:19:46 -0700 (MST)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.961118135905.15738A-100000@helix.cs.cuc.edu> from "Elliot Lee" at Nov 18, 96 02:03:56 pm
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> That has *absolutely nothing* to do with netatalk.
>
> TCP/IP is TCP/IP. Appletalk is Appletalk. Never the twain shall meet ;-)
>
> I have systems running just fine with System 7.5 and no Open Transport. As
> long as the Mac's have an ethernet connection, they should do fine.
I know this, but if the Ethernet port is not selected as the Appletalk port
of choice, the Mac won't find any of the shares. This has happened here
where I have a PowerMac that "forgets" which port to use and silently
reconfigures itself for the Modem Port. Why? Good question, I'm still trying
to figure this one out.
Actually Open Transport seem to work better for my Mac clients than plain
networking, esp. printing. Your mileage may vary, etc.
> Also, if you don't have any other Mac servers on your network, make sure
> to set up your /etc/atalkd.conf file on the linux box, so that the linux
> box knows how to configure its interface for appletalk.
>
> > As far as private network ips go, I always use 192.168.x.x. It's one of
> > three privately assigned Class B's.
>
> You shouldn't need to configure your ethernet interface for TCP/IP just to
> get it to do Appletalk. Like I said, they are two unrelated protocols.
Not entirely true. DDP is a registered portocol ala TCP, UDP, etc. From
/etc/services:
rtmp 1/ddp # Routing Table Maintenance Protocol
nbp 2/ddp # Name Binding Protocol
echo 4/ddp # AppleTalk Echo Protocol
zip 6/ddp # Zone Information Protocol
But it's techinically not TCP/IP, but we digress...
Anyway, it's a good idea to configure TCP/IP on the Mac anyway, as the
original poster implied that ip masq. would be eventually used.
-dan
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