is_s440@ux.kingston.ac.uk (08/10/90)
I want to get KIP/CAP set up and running so I can see if it lives up to expectations. The only trouble is that I cant decipher the documentation and how to set up the atalktab, etc .., not being a computer scientist or TCP/IP expert. Given my details, below, could anyone tell me how its done, in plain english please. Has anyone thought about writing an intelligible guide to installation for people like me who just want to use technologies without the pain, frustration and sheer tedium that these kind of things cause to the novice? Its not that I dont want to understand all the ins and outs, eventually but that I just want to get it up and running quickly so that I can get some use and enjoyment from it, and hence, maybe the inducement to go deeper in if it works ok. Details: We have two Kboxes each with one localtalk network: Kbox name + Kbox IP address LocaltalkZone + Number fatpathA 192.42.87.100 BigMacOffice 1 fatpathB 192.42.87.150 BigMacLab 2 the Zone between the Kboxes is BigMac with number 22 at the moment they are just using the KSTAR s/w that came with the Kboxes. I want to have Dynamic Addressing for 25 to 30 machines on each zone and to use a Sun or two as a server. Each zone has at least one laserwriter. and I would like to stop people in the Lab using Lasers in the Office (students use a lot of paper). How can I use some machine as a nameserver for the FTP software? What are all the differnt addresses on Localtalk side, ethernet side and udp side meant to be?? I have all the KIPCAP stuff that I need i think. To anybody out there who has the time and patience and the insight to explain complex subjects with simplicity and clarity, thanks and I wish there were more of you around. Simon Lucas if you reply direct: IS_S440%UX.KINGSTON%UKACRL%NON-UK-BITNET-SITE - you have to do this last bit (to relay via earn-relay) if its of more general interest then post it appletalk-info.thanks I think I'm meant to put some clever drawings and pithy aphorisms here but here's a quote from the residents instead: 'eyes are heavy for what they weigh'