Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!munnari.oz.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!latcs1!wcc!tom From: tom@wcc.oz.au (Tom Evans) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk Subject: Re: Need help with MacTCP Keywords: MacTCP Message-ID: <1545@wcc.oz.au> Date: 15 Jan 91 02:39:24 GMT References: Distribution: inet Organization: Webster Computer Corp, Melbourne, Australia Lines: 22 In article , makmur@athos.rutgers.edu (Hanz Makmur) writes: > The problem is, every time > the students move from one zone or another, they have to configure > their MacTCP using the control panel by choosing the zone there are in > and reboot the Mac and then run their mactcp dependent programs. This > is not acceptable to me since the Mac already know what zone it is in. But MacTCP has to be told what zone the SERVER is in, that's the whole point. In your case there is a server in each zone - each kbox is acting as a server. There are multiple "solutions". Firstly, put all the student LocalTalk networks in the same zone. Secondly, disable IP in all your kboxes but one, and set that one up to have "Option 7" (check the manual) on. It will then be the one gateway for ALL MacTCP traffic, and will be in one zone. ======================== Tom Evans tom@wcc.oz.au Webster Computer Corp P/L, 1270 Ferntree Gully Rd Scoresby, Melbourne 3179 Victoria, Australia 61-3-764-1100 FAX ...764-1179