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From: shibumi@well.UUCP (Kenton A. Hoover)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: Re-assigning node numbers?
Keywords: appletalk node numbers.. re-assigning with reseting the machine?
Message-ID: <10562@well.UUCP>
Date: 2 Feb 89 03:17:46 GMT
References: <245@rpi.edu> <872@drexel.UUCP>
Reply-To: shibumi@well.UUCP (Kenton A. Hoover)
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA
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In article <872@drexel.UUCP> jeff@drexel.UUCP (Jeff White) writes:
>In article <245@rpi.edu>, scanner@pawl.rpi.edu (Eric "Scanner" Luce) writes:
>> Is it at all possible for a Mac Plus to change its appletalk node 
>> number WHILE the machine is turned on? (ie: no reset, no reboot,
...
>> was disconnected?
>   My impression was that each time the Mac was on Appletalk (either powered
...
>then the process is just gone through again.

It does, when the machine boots and ALAP is opened, send out a packet saying
"I'm here and does anyone object to this node number.  However, on the
Mac we are using as an appletalk test drone, the node number seems to change
quite frequently -- on both an SE and a II.  We have no explanation for this,
but its an interesting effect.

I think that you could change the net number while the machine is running
by closing all of the appletalk drivers, and changing the last node number
global stored in the pram.  When you reopen the driver, it is supposed to
use that number.  If you choose a number in the server range and open
the driver normally though, it wont let you have a server node number
irregardless.


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