JS05STAF@MIAMIU.BITNET (Joe Simpson) (04/05/90)
We also run MacTCP and Gatorboxes with beta software 1.5b3. Name service works very well. Either in the hosts file or in the MacTCP controlpannel window you must specify the IP address of a name server. I get primary name service from VM/CMS running the FAL product and secondary name service from an Ultrix machine. We run subnets via Proteon routers. Because the Ultrix machine is on a different subnet than my Mac, I also specify a Gateway, namely the IP address of my local router interface. According to Caymon, the Gatorboxes listen to RIP...at least using 1.5b3 software. Although I haven't tested it, if you have "listen to RIP" checked in the Gator software, and if it really does listen to RIP, and if your routers speak RIP, perhaps at a nominal 3 minute interval, then you shouldn't need to specify a gateway address in the MacTCP control pannel window. You could just leave the default 0.0.0.0 in that field.