Subject: Re: netatalk problems still
To: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@nas.nasa.gov>
From: Henry B. Hotz <hotz@jpl.nasa.gov>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 11/18/1999 14:13:40
At 5:21 PM -0800 11/17/99, Bill Studenmund wrote:
>On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Henry B. Hotz wrote:
>
>>
>> Net and node numbers are saved accross boots.  In NetATalk they are written
>> back to the configuration file.  Under MacOS I think they are saved in
>> PRAM, but I could be wrong.
>
>Right. But these numbers (outside of 65280->65534) are invalid if there is
>not an appletalk router around. Machines are supposed to re-map in that
>case..

But the net number that is correct is the one in use by the other devices
on the net.  You would have to power down every device on the net in order
to remap the net number, not just the Mac, wouldn't you?

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