Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] proxy
From: Ephraim Franzzup (franzzup@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Jan 08 1999 - 06:41:35 EST
>> I was wondering if there is a way to configure netatalk in such a way
that
>> it simply passes AppleTalk traffic from one interface to another. An
idea
>> I've been toying with is putting my machines on a 10BaseT network and
use
>> a Linux machine as a bridge/firewall between the 10 and 100BaseT
networks.
>> This works just fine for TCP/IP traffic, but can this be done with
>> AppleTalk traffic (without setting up another zone)? Any information
on
>> this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>
>The 2.1 kernel series has properly supported this for a while. I have
a
>box running 2.1.132-ac3 w/ netatalk-1.4b2+asun2.1.1. It routes just
fine
>between interfaces if atalkd.conf is properly setup.
I think either you misunderstood the question, or you know something
I'd be very interested in. Albert was asking how to bridge AppleTalk
networks, i.e. he does NOT want to set up AppleTalk routing (zones).
AFAIK, the only way to use netatalk on multiple interfaces is to use
different network number ranges with routing, which means creating at
least one AppleTalk zone name, but this can be undesirable for various
reasons. Apple's AppleShare IP server supports AppleTalk multi-link
multihoming, i.e. you can have several Ethernet cards in a server, each
connected to a different network (which may or may not be connected to
each other with routers), and the server appears on each network
independently. However, it is not necessary to have routing, thus the
different networks can be completely independent. I would be very
pleased to find a way of doing this with Linux/netatalk.
Chris
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