Netatalk: macs cannot see the bsd server

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On Wed, 2004-03-31 at 06:20, Palle Girgensohn wrote:
> Citerar Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus at FreeBSD.org>:
> 
> > On Tue, 2004-03-30 at 23:50, Palle Girgensohn wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > i have a problem that I cannot quite understand: With netatalk running on a
> > 
> > > FreeBSD server, my Macs cannot see the server. AFP over IP works fine, but
> > 
> > > I have to enter the IP-address manually.
> > > 
> > > I tried with and without slpd (with default setting). nbplkup on the server
> > 
> > > only gives the BSD machine, no Mac.
> > > 
> > > The Mac is quite old, runs 8.6. Does this have anything to do with it?
> > > 
> > > Any ideas how this should be configured to work?
> > 
> > You'll really want to be running 9.2 on the Macs.  For SLP to work, slpd
> > will have to start before afpd, and you'll have to have netatalk built
> > with SLP support.  However, with 8.6, this won't buy you anything.  With
> > 8.6, you must be running atalkd, and have AppleTalk properly configured
> > in your kernel for the BSD server to show up in the Chooser.
> 
> Hi Joe,
> 
> Well, 9.2 is not an option in this case, for it is a powerbook 5300cs from 1995! ;-)
> 
> I have AppleTalk in the kernel: "options NETATALK". It seems though, that
> appletalk does not work proberly. ifconfig show that is in there, and at the
> right interface, but I cannot see the Mac or vice versa. They can communicate
> fine with TCP/IP. Their AppleTalk (DDP?) address are 65280.117 and 65280.64,
> should work IMO. But it does not.

What does your atalkd.conf look like?  What version of FreeBSD?  What
version of the AFP client do you have installed on your Mac?

Joe

> 
> /Palle
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Joe Marcus Clarke
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