Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] No server in Chooser
From: Paul Wolstenholme (wolstena@sfu.ca)
Date: Tue Feb 09 1999 - 14:40:47 EST
Thanks for the clarification (I actually was not confused by your post
but by the promiscus mode post which I could not find reference to in the
FreeBSD ifconfig man page).
I did however compile the latest port which resulted in the same problem.
There is apparently a problem with the way FreeBSD 3.0 handles
multicasting. a sun provided a small patch for netatalk-asun which he
thought might do the trick but alas it did not.
All in all, this isn't such a bad problem for a campus computer --
security through obsurity. Although, it is a pain not to be able to used
papd.
On Tue, 9 Feb 1999, Stefan Bethke wrote:
> Paul Wolstenholme <wolstena@sfu.ca> wrote:
>
> >> This doesn't apply to any supported version of FreeBSD (2.2.x, 3.x, or
> >> 4.x) for both netatalk 1.4b2 or asun 2.1.x.
> >
> > This is good to know. I was confused a bit by the previous post.
> >
> >>
> >> When switching from FreeBSD 2.2 to 3.0, you'll need to (re-)install the
> >> appropriate package for netatalk due to a change in the kernel interface
> >> for link-layer multicast addresses.
> >
> > I've done this and still have the same problem on FreeBSD 3.0. At the
> > moment I am using an Intel Express 10/100, I'm going to try a another card
> > when I get a chance.
>
> It probably isn't the card.
>
> I should have been more specific in my original reply: you have two
> options: either compile the port from the ports tree, or install the
> FreeBSD *3.0* package.
>
> Compiling and installing from the port is straightforward if you have the
> ports tree installed (the one from the 2.2.8 CDROMs does suffice, but the
> newer the better):
> # cd /usr/ports/net/netatalk-asun; make install
>
> On the other hand, you can install the 3.0 package either from your 3.0
> CD-ROMs (not sure on which of the four CDs the packages are located,
> however).
>
> You can also download the package from your favorite FTP mirror.
>
> When using the binary package, make sure to use the one for FreeBSD 3.0 (or
> newer). Packages compiled on and for older versions of FreeBSD do not work
> correctly.
>
>
> Stefan
>
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