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From: davef@Jessica.stanford.edu (David Finkelstein)
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Subject: Re: Using KIP or KSTAR
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Date: 13 Sep 88 20:54:40 GMT
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In article <1248@aucs.UUCP> paul@aucs.UUCP (Paul Steele) writes:
>I have a small Appletalk net set up which has 2 KPFS 4's bridged to
>our Ethernet backbone.  I am attempting to install atalkad on our Sun-4
>and would like to know if the KStar package that comes with the gateway
>is adequate or should I use the KIP stuff that comes with CAP.  I was
>told that KIP only runs on KFPS 2 and 3, but there is no mention of
>KStar in the KIP/CAP documentation.  Any info would be appreciate.

Well, as I understand it, the current implementation of KIP will not
run on a Fastpath-4.  But I expect that Bill Croft will have a new
version out sometime soon.  KStar, however, will use atalkad if you
want it to, so you can make entries for your KFPS-4's in your existing
atalkatab (or, in your case, you can just start running KIP and have
the kboxes boot from your Sun).

Be careful, though -- we have been unable to get two KFPS-4's in the
same zone to work.  When the second box is booted, both boxes refuse
to give out IP addresss (we are running KIP).  We're expecting new
PROMs from Kinetics today (and a new version of KStar too) so I hope
that solves our problem.  If you have problems with two boxes and not
one (and you've sure you've configured correctly) you might give
Kinetics a call.

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David Finkelstein
Academic Information Resources
Stanford University
davef@jessica.stanford.edu