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- From: rex@pangea.Stanford.EDU (Rex Sanders)
- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
- Subject: CAP 6.0pl126 Phase 2 multi zone problem
- Date: 16 Dec 1992 03:14:17 GMT
- Organization: Stanford University
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-
- I'm about to migrate 120 Macs and 15 LaserWriters from LocalTalk to Ethernet.
- We're running CAP 6.0pl126 on a Sun SS2 with SunOS 4.1.3, using Native
- Ethertalk via NIT. A rough, simplified sketch:
-
- EtherTalk Zones: M (default), A, B
- ================Bridge================================ Ethernet
- | | |
- FastPathB FastPathA SS2
- | |
- LocalTalk LocalTalk
- Zone: B Zone: A
-
- Basically, zones A and B each span one LocalTalk segment and one EtherTalk
- segment. The SS2/CAP is set to live in zone M. The EtherTalk zones are
- advertised by FastPathB. Both are ancient FastPath 4 boxes. I could not get
- FastPathA to "take" the multi-zone setup.
-
- I want to migrate all Macs & LaserWriters (using EtherPrints) as
- transparently to users and hosts as possible. I've experimented with a
- couple of Macs and one LaserWriter.
-
- The problem is, when a Mac or LaserWriter is put on the Ethernet, and their
- zone is set to A, the SS2 running CAP cannot see them. "Seeing", in this
- case, includes using "atlook @A", or using lpr/papif to print to the
- LaserWriter. Strangely enough, the EtherTalk Macs can see and mount the SS2
- AUFS file systems.
-
- This problem is critical, as dumping 120 Macs & 15 LaserWriters into the
- default zone (M) is not an option. We really want to keep the SS2 in the M
- zone, AND print to the LaserWriters in zones A & B.
-
- Has anyone got any suggestions? Could this be a bug in CAP? Kind
- suggestions to RTFM are gladly accepted, as long as you specify *where* in
- TFM to R.
-
- Thanks.
-
- -- Rex
- rex@octopus.wr.usgs.gov
-