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- From: cranch@novell.com (Christopher Ranch)
- Subject: Re: multiple phase2 zones on a network
- Message-ID: <1992Nov10.212317.22514@novell.com>
- Followup-To: comp.protocols.appletalk
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- Organization: Novell Inc., San Jose, Califonia
- References: <9211091328.AA24235@te6000.otc.lsu.edu> <10NOV199211222486@comb1.comb.umd.edu> <1dp2m2INNhna@alshain.usc.edu>
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 21:23:17 GMT
- Lines: 26
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- In article <1dp2m2INNhna@alshain.usc.edu> lkimes@alshain.usc.edu (Lance 'Moof' Kimes) writes:
-
- [excellent discussion of AppleTalk deleted...]
-
- >A special note to the guys using novell:
- >I once setup all the routers with a new zone list and then brought the network
- >back up. Well, it should have worked except that it didn't occur to me that
- >the novell 3.11 servers would seed the network with the old zone list they had.
- >If you have novell 3.11 servers, you must coordinate them with any other
- >routers you have in order to change the network zone list.
-
- This symptom is not just particular to Novell routers, but to the
- design of AppleTalk itself. EVERY NetWare server is also a full
- router. Once a router (any router) has been seeded by _any_ means,
- to too becomes a seed router. So the morale of the story is that
- when you're reconfiguring a network range's zones list, you must
- shut down _every_ router connected to the cable with the network
- range, not just Novell routers.
-
- Chris
- ---
- Chris Ranch
- Internetworking Products Division
- Novell, Inc. San Jose, CA
- (408)473-8667 cranch@novell.com
- I may work for Novell, but I don't speak for them...
-