mosemann@sardion.unl.edu (Russell Mosemann) (05/03/91)
The News (a news reader for the Macintosh) does not work for Macs on a LocalTalk network tied to the Ethernet with a FastPath or a GatorBox. These "gateways" are configured to dynamically assign IP numbers to the Macs as they ask for them. Thus, these numbers are not entered into the name server host table. As I watch the packets going across the network, The News makes the connection, NNTP 1.5.11 does a name lookup on the IP number, finds that there is no name for this number, and then issues an "I can't talk to you, go away." message. We have our IP number in the access file with asterisks for the subnet and the host numbers, but that doesn't help. It seems that NNTP is looking specifically for a name. (We allow reading and posting, in case you are wondering about that.) Is there anything I can do to change this, or is this a fact of life? -- Russell Mosemann Internet: mosemann@unl.edu Network Analyst Bitnet: mosemann@unlvax1 Computing Resource Center UUCP: ..!uunet!hoss.unl.edu!mosemann University of Nebraska - Lincoln Voice: (402) 472-5930 Fax: 472-5280
heal@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (Loren E. Heal) (05/03/91)
mosemann@sardion.unl.edu (Russell Mosemann) writes: > The News (a news reader for the Macintosh) does not work for Macs on a >LocalTalk network tied to the Ethernet with a FastPath or a GatorBox. >These "gateways" are configured to dynamically assign IP numbers to the That's the problem. We have our IP addresses statically assigned, and this seems to fix The News. Both Fastpaths and Gatorboxes can work this way. -- ---- Loren E. Heal : heal@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu, (UUCP)!uiucuxc!m.c.u.e!heal reformat quoted paragraphs: sed 's/^>*//' | fmt | sed 's/^/>/'
mosemann@sardion.unl.edu (Russell Mosemann) (05/03/91)
In <heal.673238650@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu> heal@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (Loren E. Heal) writes: >mosemann@sardion.unl.edu (Russell Mosemann) writes: >> The News (a news reader for the Macintosh) does not work for Macs on a >>LocalTalk network tied to the Ethernet with a FastPath or a GatorBox. >>These "gateways" are configured to dynamically assign IP numbers to the >That's the problem. We have our IP addresses statically assigned, >and this seems to fix The News. Both Fastpaths and Gatorboxes can >work this way. Assigning the IP addresses statically or dynamically doesn't actually "fix" The News, because the problem, if it is one, is with NNTP. NNTP does not seem to be satisfied with just the number. It wants a name. I bet that you have those static addresses defined in your name server tables along with names. If at all possible, I would prefer not to enter around 600 IP numbers into our name server. Is there a way to convince NNTP that IP numbers are OK? -- Russell Mosemann Internet: mosemann@unl.edu Network Analyst Bitnet: mosemann@unlvax1 Computing Resource Center UUCP: ..!uunet!hoss.unl.edu!mosemann University of Nebraska - Lincoln Voice: (402) 472-5930 Fax: 472-5280
ejm@riscit.NOC.Vitalink.COM (Erik J. Murrey) (05/03/91)
In article <1991May3.130444.26161@unlinfo.unl.edu>, mosemann@sardion.unl.edu (Russell Mosemann) writes: |> |> If at all possible, I would prefer not to enter around 600 IP numbers |> into our name server. Is there a way to convince NNTP that IP numbers |> are OK? ( You might get a flood of these answeres, but... ) Sure, If you define your class A,B, or C address in /etc/networks, then simply put the network name in your nntp_access file. For instance, at Vitalink, we have our class-B (132.240) in /etc/networks: vita-net 132.240 And in nntp_access: vita-net read post This allows any 132.240.x.x machine read/posting access to the news. 'Hope this is what you need! --- Erik J. Murrey Vitalink Communications NOC ejm@NOC.Vitalink.COM ...!uunet!NOC.Vitalink.COM!ejm
hirai@cs.swarthmore.edu (Eiji Hirai) (05/04/91)
Defining a network name such as 'swarthmore 130.58' in /etc/networks, then
using that ('swarthmore read post') in your /usr/new/lib/nntp/nntp_access
file to give the entire net access to your nntp server will work. Make sure
you #define SUBNET in common/config.h when you're compiling nntp.
At our site, we have lots of FastPath boxes giving dynamically assigned IP
numbers to Macintoshes and they can read news via The News from the nntp
server without any problems.
--
Eiji Hirai @ Mathematics Dept., Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, USA
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Copyright 1991 by Eiji Hirai. All Rights Reserved. Permission to reproduce or
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