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From: duncan@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Malcolm Duncan)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Bridging Localtalk from KFP's on two ethernet subnets (HOW?)
Summary: How to get localtalk packets from one subnet to another?
Keywords: kfp bridge localtalk ethernet appletalk
Message-ID: <7663@mace.cc.purdue.edu>
Date: 5 Jun 91 21:23:12 GMT
References: <1991Jun2.014016.447@ac.dal.ca>
Reply-To: duncan@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Malcolm Duncan)
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We have an IBM RT running 4.3 UNIX (don't snicker) with two ethernet cards.
On each ethernet subnet(card) are a string of Fastpath 4's.  Each subnet
has a logical zone name.  Appletalk packets are merrily being exchanged
between all of the Fastpaths on a particular subnet.  Appletalk packets
are NOT being transferred from one subnet to the other.  That is, people
running the Chooser while attached to a Fastpath on one subnet can NOT
see any devices attached to any of the Fastpaths on the other subnet.

Is there a way to make devices on both subnets visible to users on both
subnets?  I understand that this is a routing problem.  Can it be solved
by setting up a routing on the UNIX box?  Does it require specific KFP
configuration?  Does it require a separate bridge?  I have been playing
telephone tag with Shiva tech support for over a week without any
promising results.

Please mail all responses to:  wmd@tippy.cs.purdue.edu

Thanks in advance!

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