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From: urlichs@smurf.ira.uka.de (Matthias Urlichs)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: Re-assigning node numbers?
Keywords: appletalk node numbers.. re-assigning with reseting the machine?
Message-ID: <759@smurf.ira.uka.de>
Date: 23 Jan 89 21:15:09 GMT
References: <245@rpi.edu>
Reply-To: urlichs@smurf.ira.uka.de (Matthias Urlichs)
Organization: University of Karlsruhe, FRG
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In comp.protocols.appletalk 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,
< no power off?)
Yes it is.
Open the Chooser, turn off AppleTalk, turn it back on.
The Mac will then look for a free node number which of course isn't
necessarily the same as the old one.
< 
< Or, what would happen if a Mac was temporarily disconnected from
< the LocalTalk and then re-connected? Would it retain it's old node
< number?
Yes it would. Pulling the AppleTalk plug is just like as if nothing
happened on the network for a while. (Assuming you don't try to print
to your LaserWriter right now :-) )

< What if someone else claimed a node number when the mac
< was disconnected?
You would run into serious problems. Don't do that.
Always turn AppleTalk off in the Chooser before plugging AppleTalk
into a Mac. (Since the LaserWriter has no Chooser, you should turn the
printer off before plugging in the AppleTalk connector.)

Disclaimer: I really don~t know anything, as should be obvious from this posting.
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