tom@wcc.oz (Tom Evans) (05/07/90)
In article <2997@stl.stc.co.uk>, shb@stl.stc.co.uk (S.H. Brock) writes: > I have a number of fastpath 4's under the control of a atalkad running on a > Sun. There is also a fastpath 2 running etalk and a fastpath 4 running > K-Star within the same local part of the internet that are not under the > control of an atalkad. Until I can persuade the owners of these boxes to > use an admin host, will they work with the administered boxes i.e. will the > zones declared by the unadministered boxes be accessible by the administered > boxes? If they are able to exchange EtherTalk RTMP packets with the administered boxes, then yes. To be able to do this: 1. Everybody has EtherTalk enabled and 2. There are no intervening IP-only gateways. If there are intervening IP-only gateways (routers) blocking EtherTalk traffic, then they will be able to see each other if the administered boxes are running KIP0688, but I suspect not if they are running KSTAR. KIP uses the "Core" flag (KC) in atalkad. What this means is that designated "Core" boxes exchange routing packets (aaROUTEQ and aaROUTE) and keep each other up to date. This way they would exchange information about the other non-administered boxes and everything would work. I don't think KSTAR uses this protocol. I've just been watching KSTAR 8 with tcpdump and it never originates or answers an aaROUTEQ. Anyone know for sure? --------- Tom Evans tom@wcc.oz.au | Webster Computer Corp P/L | "The concept of my 1270 Ferntree Gully Rd | existence is an Scoresby, Melbourne 3179 | approximation" Victoria, Australia | 61-3-764-1100 FAX ...764-1179 | D. Conway