ferriby@perot.com (John Ferriby) (02/26/91)
Is anyone aware of a method to determine the system [responder] name, type and
zone in a reverse-NBP fashion? (e.g., The network and node numbers are known.)
Is there a permanent socket that I can address on the target MAC that would
respond with an identity? I really cringe at the thought of having to scan the
NBP and ZONE lists by hand in a attempt to determine this information...
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In article <2418@perot.com> ferriby@perot.com (John Ferriby) writes: >Is anyone aware of a method to determine the system [responder] name, type and >zone in a reverse-NBP fashion? (e.g., The network and node numbers are known.) >John Ferriby >Perot Systems Corporation Send an NBP LkUp directly to the node in question, targeted at DDP socket 2 (NIS socket). The format of an NBP LkUp request is in Inside AppleTalk (2/e) p. 7-14. Note that you must write a socket listener to handle the LkUp-Reply packets yourself (the NBP code assumes it will be sending a BrRq to a router which will convert it to the appropriate LkUp packets for broadcast on the target network, which of course you do not want to do). $mike cremer apple network systems development usual disclaimers