inei@cs.glasgow.ac.UK (Nick Nei) (07/14/89)
In the ip.at document in kip0688/doc directory, the last paragraph says:
In the case when several kboxes are on a single ethernet acting as a
backbone between appletalk segments, another simplification is possible.
Rather than having to specify a specific small static/dynamic range for each
kbox (and effectively limiting the number of free slots available on
a given appletalk segment), one can use a special configuration. All of
the kboxes except one are setup with zero static and dynamic ranges.
Then the final kbox is is setup with a larger range of addresses and a
special configuration flag is set. This flag allows this box to provide
the assignment and ARP-faking service for ALL the kboxes on the same
ether segment, resulting in more available IP addresses in the pool for
assignment.
This is exactly what I need. Can anyone tell me what the "special
configuration flag" is?
Mail: Nick Nei, Computing Science Dept.,
Glasgow Univ., 17 Lilybank Gardens,
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ARPA: inei%cs.glasgow.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk USENET: inei@cs.glasgow.uucpminshall@kinetics.UUCP (Greg Minshall) (07/20/89)
From article <28016.8907131748@crete.cs.glasgow.ac.uk>, by inei@cs.glasgow.ac.UK (Nick Nei): > In the ip.at document in kip0688/doc directory, the last paragraph says: > > In the case when several kboxes are on a single ethernet acting as a > backbone between appletalk segments, another simplification is possible. > ... This flag allows this box to provide > the assignment and ARP-faking service for ALL the kboxes on the same > ether segment, resulting in more available IP addresses in the pool for > assignment. > > This is exactly what I need. Can anyone tell me what the "special > configuration flag" is? Actually, I *don't think* this was ever implemented in KIP. However, K-STAR allows such a thing. You run N-1 FastPath's in "AppleTalk only" mode (or K-STAR mode with the dynamic and static clients set to zero), and the Nth FastPath in K-STAR mode with a bunch of dynamic and static clients. Then, you set option 7 (to allow the FastPath to service clients connected via the ethernet port). You then make sure that all N localtalk cables are in the same zone, and away you go. Hope this helps. Greg Minshall Kinetics/Excelan/Novell minshall@kinetics.com 1-415-947-0998