[comp.sys.next] NetInfo problems

glenn@heaven.woodside.ca.us (Glenn Reid) (12/20/90)

I could use some help from all you knowledgeable netters out there.

I have two NeXT computers now, both running 2.0, both cubes.  I have
been totally unsuccessful in my attempts to get them to talk to each
other over the ethernet.

I followed the instructions in Chapter 5 of the sysadmin guide for
2.0, which was all very clear except that if it didn't work when you
were done, it wasn't any help at all.

I think what I need to do is to make one of my cubes the NetInfo and
Configuration Server, which I attempted to do with NetManager, then
set it up for Automatic Host Configuration.  But it doesn't work,
and when I try to set "/" up for auto host configuration, it says that
it's a local domain and I can't do that.

I think my NetInfo database is not quite right, particularly in the
/machines subdirectory, but I have no idea what it's "supposed" to
look like, so I can't fix it.

I am loath to delete it and start over, mostly because of all the
user account data in there already.

Any help would be appreciated!  Details on request.

Glenn
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