Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] AppleTalk Addresses
From: Benjamin Lee (ben@power-net.com.au)
Date: Thu Nov 18 1999 - 09:42:27 EST
On Thu, 18 Nov 1999, Daniel E. Lautenschleger wrote:
> I have several Linux boxes running Netatalk. Bear with me as I'm not that
> familiar with the AppleTalk protocol.
>
> I see how one can go into the AppleTalk control panel and view the
> AppleTalk address for a particular machine. My question is how do you
> determine the AppleTalk address that a router is assigning to a Linux box.
> I'm assuming the address is assigned by the router. Sorry if I'm wrong.
It is assigned by the route if you don't put -seed in the atalk.conf file.
run ifconfig, and it shows you your address:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:10:4B:6A:4F:F5
inet addr:192.168.10.1 Bcast:192.168.10.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
-- >> EtherTalk Phase 2 addr:10/10
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:3308 errors:1 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:1
TX packets:8686 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:181
collisions:0
> Also, is there a software program that allows you to resolve AppleTalk
> addresses to hardware addresses on a network?
not sure about this. should be something about though.
> Thanks, folks.
>
> Dan
>
> Daniel E. Lautenschleger, MCP
> Network Administrator & Computer Support
> Robert M. Bock Laboratories
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>
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