Subject: [netatalk-admins] AppleTalk multi-homing
From: Chris Ferebee, Ferebee (cf@ferebee.net)
Date: Fri May 07 1999 - 15:19:51 EDT
Adrian,
you wrote:
>in other news, i keep meaning to add the fews bits needed to get
>atalkd to do multi-homing with multiple interfaces, but no one's
>really been hankering for that. so, i've never bothered.
I'm not quite sure I understand what you mean, but it sounds like you mean something we would love to have, namely the ability to have afpd talk to multiple Ethernet cards WITHOUT routing between the independent networks. At least that is what Apple means by multi-homing with multiple interfaces, as supported by AppleShare IP.
This would be a VERY NICE addition to netatalk, if it is possible. We have a number of installations where different companies have networks connected by Linux routers over IP, and it would be very convenient if they could transfer files from one network to another via an AFP server using AppleTalk. However, AppleTalk routing is exactly what they don't want, as the nets are supposed to be kept as separate as possible.
I can't believe I'm the only one who would be very pleased with this feature!
Sincerely,
Chris Ferebee
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