bschmidt@bnr.ca (Ben Schmidt (BNR)) (05/03/91)
We have AppleTalk Phase 1 server software which responds to NBP LkUp and BrRq with the NBP type, but the zonename string set to null (i.e. ""). This software works perfectly with System 6 client macs. However our System 7 client macs fail to see this AppleTalk network resource in their Chooser. They expect that the NBP response zonename should be set to "*". Our System 6 clients don't care whether the zonename is "" or "*". Our System 7 clients drop any NBP replies with zonename "" on the floor. A look at Inside AppleTalk, Ed. 2, p7-17 is (surprise) amibiguous: "In a LkUp, FwdReq, or BrRq request, a null zone name (length byte equals 0) should be treated as equivalent to an asterisk (*)." Sounds like Apple System 7 (7.0b4) is at fault, right? But then again this is an NBP *reply*, not a LkUp, FwdReq, or BrRq request. So maybe NBP replies must have an "*"?? Then how come System 6 Mac clients don't care? Ben Schmidt Information Technology, Bell-Northern Research bschmidt@bnr.ca FAX:(613) 763-3283 /* My opinions, not BNR's */