[comp.protocols.appletalk] FASTPATH/TOPS installation

mikeh@atexrd.UUCP (Mike Harris) (07/28/88)

Has anyone outhere recently installed/configured a Fastpath Gateway to an 
ethernet?  If so could you please let me know any secrets that I may have
missed during my two days of head-banging.  The furthest I have gotten is
the installation of appletalk and Fastpath on the Macintosh as well as
installing the Sun version.  Things aren't working however; I cannnot view
a published Unix volume.  Tops complains that the server cannot be found.
It appears as though I have screwed up the Fastpath installation?  One other
note is that my Sun server is now coming up with the diagnostic: Warning ie0
being requeued.  Any ideas anybody??? Please???
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cochran@caeteam1.DAB.GE.COM (Craig Cochran) (07/29/88)

In article <112@venus.atexrd.UUCP> mikeh@atexrd.UUCP (Mike Harris) writes:
>Has anyone outhere recently installed/configured a Fastpath Gateway to an 
>ethernet?  If so could you please let me know any secrets that I may have
>missed during my two days of head-banging.  The furthest I have gotten is
>the installation of appletalk and Fastpath on the Macintosh as well as
>installing the Sun version.  Things aren't working however; I cannnot view
>a published Unix volume.  Tops complains that the server cannot be found.
>It appears as though I have screwed up the Fastpath installation?  One other
>note is that my Sun server is now coming up with the diagnostic: Warning ie0
>being requeued.  Any ideas anybody??? Please???

I'm no appletalk expert, but I have recently installed the same
configuration (TOPS and a Kinetics Fastpath).  Some suggestions:

1. Make sure that the Tops server on the Sun is configured in the same
   Appletalk zone as your Mac clients, or is configured in a zone which
   your clients have access to, maybe via another Fastpath.

2. Make sure your Fastpath is up and running correctly.  Since Tops seems
   to be fairly robust, given a correctly configured network, the problem
   is most likely in the Fastpath.  Bring up Fastpath Manager and carefully
   scrutinize the information on the Gateway window.  Make sure the appletalk
   zone name is correct (on BOTH sides of the gateway), check for correct
   Internet address in the Gateway name, and check the appletalk net number.

Have you tried using the "atinfo", "atservers", or "topspeek" diagnostics
provided with TOPS/Sun ?  These provide some good network debugging info,
at least from the ethernet side.

E-mail me if your still stuck, and I'll try to help...


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