mckay@EE.PURDUE.EDU (07/10/86)
I've just been handed a Kinetics gateway box to get running on our network. After reading through the documentation, I'm still quite confused as to the proper setup of the configuration file. I get messages about IP routing failures when I try to run mac telnet. My situation is this: +----------+ +----------+ | mac plus +------+ Kinetics +======+ +----------+ ^ +----------+ ^ | +---------+ | | | | VAX | | AppleTalk-+ transciever-+ +======+ gateway +=======+ | +---------+ | local subnet----->| Main net---------->| I've included my current configuration file at the end of this message if that's any help to you. Does the kinetics software work on a Mac Plus? Have I gotten something subtle wrong in the configuration file? Our local tcp/ip guru has the needed information in the hosts files and we do have name servers running, so I'm pretty sure that's not it. --Dwight Mckay, ECN Text & Workstation Software Support [arpanet: mckay@ee.ecn.purdue.edu, usenet: ...ihnp4!pur-ee!mckay] [Compu-serve: 75776,1521, office: EE 348B, phone: (317) 494-3561] Kinetics configuration file: * Use this field for ipsubmask - mask for subnet (see above): 000F * Use this field for ipsubshift - shift to subnet field (see above): 000C * These three bytes are ignored but must be left as placeholders: FFFFFF * Bridge number on network (if any): 00 * Ethernet address (configured by using the SETUP command - ignored here): 000000 000000 * Gateway name (in this example, "The gateway name"): * 54 68 65 20 67 61 74 65 77 61 79 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 * now called "ee-mac-gw.purdue.edu" 65 65 2D 6D 61 63 2D 67 77 2E 70 75 72 64 75 65 2E 65 64 75 00 * File name (in this example, "This is the file"): * 54 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 BC 65 00 00 00 00 00 * file name is now: "UDP.gw.srec" 55 44 50 2E 67 77 2E 73 72 65 63 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 * reserved (this field should be 00FF): 00FF * The internet address and ARP (address resolution protocol) type for * the Ethernet side of the KFPS: 89.0.128.2, type 0x800 in this example: * for ECN I'm using : 128.46.130.61 802E823D 0800 * The internet address and ARP type for Appletalk side of the KFPS: * 89.64.0.1, type 0x800 in this example: * for ECN I'm using : 128.46.144.61 802E903D 0800 * Internet default route: 89.0.128.1: * for ECN let's try ef: 128.46.130.18 802E8212 * Ipmap table: this table may be used by the gateway administrator to specify * a mapping between ddp net/node addresses and internet addresses. Each table * entry has the following format: ddp net number (two bytes), ddp node number * (two bytes), and internet number (four bytes). The end of the four-entry * table is marked by a FFFF entry in the ddp net number field. FFFF 0000 00000000 FFFF 0000 00000000 FFFF 0000 00000000 FFFF 0000 00000000 FFFF 0000 00000000 FFFF * leftover piece