[comp.protocols.appletalk] MacTcp Problem with gateways

cjm@unb.CA (05/31/90)

We are trying to share one IP-Gateway for multiple zones and have
the following problem. When a Telnet session is first started it
does not find the gateway unless you are in the same zone as the
gateway. Using Peek I see that when the NBP request is sent to bind
to the gateway it has a * on the end instead of the Zone name the
gateway is in. I've configured MACTCP for localtalk and the zone
the gateway is in. We are a class B site using manual adresses ( this
should have nothing to do with the problem )

Is any one else out there having the same problem. Also I can fix the
problem using Resedit to change Mactcp. I replace the * in the four
places in the code with the Zone name of my gateway but the Zone name
must only be one character long. ( Apple tells me that changing
Mactcp is a No-No )

CHRIS J MCNEIL
COMPUTING SERVICES
UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK
FREDERICTON NB CANADA

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tom@wcc.oz (Tom Evans) (06/04/90)

In article <ID0692.D900531.T104555.cjm@unb.ca>, cjm@unb.CA writes:
> We are trying to share one IP-Gateway for multiple zones and have
> the following problem. When a Telnet session is first started it
> does not find the gateway unless you are in the same zone as the
> gateway. Using Peek...

MacTCP Administrator's Guide. Chapter 7, User Configuration. You choose
the Zone your gateway is in from the pop-up Zone-list under the ICON
in the Control Panel.

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