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From: powsner@csb1.nlm.nih.gov (Seth M Powsner)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: Need help with Telneting across Zones with Fastpath
Keywords: TCP/IP KIP FastPath AppleTalk Problem
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Date: 21 Nov 90 12:55:17 GMT
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I think there is another problem-- at least under K Star 7.0 Static / Manual
addressing results in some sort of acknowledgement request from the
FastPath to AppleTalk Node 255. This does not get routed by the NetBridge
back to the Mac's home zone. This may stem from the original KIP spec.
Might be considered a feature-- if you're counting on manually assigned
IP Addresses belonging to a specific machine, you could be assured the
address wasn't being usurped by someone outside the FastPath's own zone.
On the other hand.... I've had no trouble with the configuration you
describe (Mac----NetBridge---FastPath---local ethernet - - - beyond)
so long as Dynamic / Server IP Address assignment was used AND Privacy
was OFF on the NetBridge.

Seth Powsner  powsner@nlm.nih.gov  powsner@yalemed.bitnet