Subject: Re: netatalk doesn't work!
To: Sandro Magi <naasking@hotmail.com>
From: Charles Sebold <sebold@lcms.org>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 12/27/1999 13:35:22
On Mon, Dec 27, 1999 at 01:22:43PM -0600, Charles Sebold wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 27, 1999 at 06:12:47PM +0000, Sandro Magi wrote:
>> I placed mc0 -seed into my atalkd.conf file and I don't get anymore errors 
>> during startup, but now I can't see the machine in the Network Browser or 
>> the Chooser on the Mac. I checked top, and both atalkd and afpd are humming 
>> along nicely, but now AppleShare volumes don't show up! Anymore suggestions?
> 
> Well, let's see...do you need the "-seed"?  Typically I didn't think
> that was necessary unless you were doing AppleTalk routing or
> somesuch.

Now that I look at the man page, if you include -seed, you _have_ to
include all the other information as well.  So this could be a problem.

> I guess the next question is, assuming you have other AppleTalk
> services running on your network (like a LaserWriter, or another
> AppleShare server, or just a Mac with file sharing enabled), if you do
> a nbplkup (with no arguments, typically), can you see any of the other
> AppleTalk nodes on your network?

Having just said that, I just remembered that even a client-only
Macintosh registers itself in such a way that you can see it in an "nbplkup".

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