[comp.protocols.appletalk] HELP! CAP thru GatorBox

cordy@qucis.queensu.CA (Jim Cordy) (06/08/89)

As anyone who owns one is well aware by now, Cayman's
NFS-to-AppleTalk software runs out of memory every little
while, rendering the GB more or less useless as a file service
device.  (Yes, I know they are diligently working on it.)

Meanwhile, I read that some people have gotten around this
problem by running CAP through the GB instead.  I'm interested in
setting this up, but I can't seem to get CAP and the GB to recognize
one another.  IT seems that the CAP, KIP and GB documentation don't
mesh very well and don't tell me which network numbers must be the same
as which.  I think I have it right, but then nothing works.

If you've made CAP work through a GB, *PLEASE* drop me a line and
tell me the secret incantation.  Thanks.

Jim	Cordy@Qucis.QueensU.CA

chip@ateng.ateng.com (Chip Salzenberg) (06/09/89)

According to cordy@qucis.queensu.CA (Jim Cordy):
>If you've made CAP work through a GB, *PLEASE* drop me a line and
>tell me the secret incantation.  Thanks.

Since this should be of general interest, I'm posting.

Here is a working CAP-with-GatorBox configuration.  I use it with NCSA
Telnet, aufs and lwsrv.

I'm not Internet-connected, so I've appropriated the class A network "50"
for my own use; modify as appropriate.


/etc/tcp on CAP host:

	#
	# network host configuration (two max)
	#
	ifconfig wd0 50.0.3.5 -trailers \
		arp netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 50.255.255.255


/usr/local/lib/cap/atalk.local on CAP host::

	# mynet mynode myzone
	3 5 Danger
	# bridgenet bridgenode bridgeIP
	3 120 50.0.3.120

GatorKeeper configuration:

	TCP/IP:
		TCP/IP Option   On              (but you knew that :-))
		IP Address      50.0.3.120
		Broadcast       50.255.255.255
		Subnet mask     255.255.255.0

		MacIP:
			From            50.0.3.128
			To              50.0.3.159

	AppleTalk Routing:
		LocalTalk Net   1
		LocalTalk Zone  "LocalTalk"
		EtherTalk Net   2
		EtherTalk Zone  "EtherTalk"

		KIP:
			KIP Net         3
			KIP Zone        "Danger"
			KIP IP Net      50.0.3.0


I think the trickiest part of this configuration is the "KIP IP Net".  If I
understand this number correctly, it is the three most significant bytes of
all KIP-related IP addresses.

I had an -- er -- "interesting" time configuring my network, especially
since I could never be sure whether problems were due to configuration or
to the System V environment.  But it's working now.
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