[2256] in Info-AFS_Redistribution
Re: IBM XStation server pingpong
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (rick@msc.cornell.edu)
Tue Dec 21 18:52:20 1993
Reply-To: rick@msc.cornell.edu
From: rick@msc.cornell.edu
X-Originated-From: jaguar.msc.cornell.edu
To: Joseph_Jackson@transarc.com
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1993 16:41:15 -0500 (EST)
Cc: info-afs@transarc.com (AFS Mailing List)
In-Reply-To: <0h5pGl2SMUcr1OrOk0@transarc.com> from "Joseph_Jackson@transarc.com" at Dec 21, 93 02:55:29 pm
> Doesn't the IBM XStation attempt to use the same port number as AFS?
> I think it uses 7000/tcp whereas the fileserver uses 7000/udp. If
> that turns out to be the problem, you should probably complain to IBM.
> I understand that we registered our usage of the 7000 ports with the
> appropriate governing body, though I don't know any of the details.
As of AIX 3.2.4 IBM x_st_mgr now uses port 9000. We switched from 7000 to
9000 when we noticed the problems I described. We had to do this all at
once since we use NIS. The problem persisted until we upgraded the
XStation server to AIX 3.2.4.
> A fix for mounting subdirectories of /afs through the AFS/NFS
> Translator has been proposed for a future release of AFS. I don't
> know if it has been officially tested yet or if it will be included in
> the final release of AFS 3.3. For more information, you could send in
> the question through the normal support channels.
>
> Joe Jackson,
> AFS Product Support,
> Transarc Corp.
The 'normal support channels' confirm that this is fixed in 3.3. I am
extremely pleased with this kind of responsiveness.
-Rick
