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From: minshall@kinetics.UUCP (Greg Minshall)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: Many gateways, limited IP addresses.
Message-ID: <781@kinetics.UUCP>
Date: 19 Jul 89 22:35:37 GMT
References: <28016.8907131748@crete.cs.glasgow.ac.uk>
Organization: Kinetics, Inc., Walnut Creek, CA
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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